Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
पाषंडवादसंयुक्ताः शिष्टऽचारबहिष्कृताः । कपालिनः पानरतास्तथा कालमुखा ह्यमी
pāṣaṃḍavādasaṃyuktāḥ śiṣṭa'cārabahiṣkṛtāḥ | kapālinaḥ pānaratāstathā kālamukhā hyamī
وہ پاشنڈانہ عقائد سے وابستہ ہوں گے، شائستہ آداب سے خارج کیے جائیں گے؛ کھوپڑی بردار جوگی بن کر شراب کے عادی ہوں گے اور ‘کالامکھ’ کے نام سے معروف ہوں گے۔
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A darkening age motif: groups of distorted ascetics with skull-bowls and wine, contrasted with serene Śaiva attendants and the distant Himalayan shrine aura.
FAQs
The verse portrays stigmatization through labels; it cautions how anger and prejudice create caricatures of spiritual communities.
No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on the curse narrative within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None; it is a descriptive curse employing sectarian identifiers.