Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
उद्वेजयति भूतानि यथा चौरास्तथैव सः । नरकं याति पापात्मा नित्योद्वेगकरस्त्वसौ
udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurāstathaiva saḥ | narakaṃ yāti pāpātmā nityodvegakarastvasau
وہ جانداروں کو اسی طرح خوف زدہ کرتا ہے جیسے چور کرتے ہیں۔ اس لیے وہ پاپ آتما—جو ہمیشہ اضطراب پیدا کرتا ہے—نرک کو جاتا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A stark moral allegory: a persistent harasser-beggar looming like a thief, householders and animals recoiling; in the background, a symbolic vision of naraka as a warning—balanced by a contrasting scene of peaceful, dignified receiving through charity halls.
FAQs
Causing continual fear and disturbance to others is a grave ethical fault with severe karmic consequence.
No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a conduct-based admonition.
None; it warns against actions that harm and frighten others.