Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एष दुःशीलसंज्ञो वै तव नाम्ना भविष्यति । प्रासादो नाममात्रेण न संपूर्णः कदाचन
eṣa duḥśīlasaṃjño vai tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati | prāsādo nāmamātreṇa na saṃpūrṇaḥ kadācana
تمہارے ہی نام کے سبب یہ جگہ یقیناً ‘دُح شیل’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوگی؛ اور یہ پرساد صرف نام کا مندر رہے گا، کبھی مکمل نہ ہوگا۔
Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)
Tirtha: Duḥśīla (narrative epithet for the site/temple)
Type: temple
Scene: A half-finished prāsāda with a sign/inscription ‘Duḥśīla’; workers idle, stones scattered; the patron’s shadow looms, suggesting karmic obstruction; brāhmaṇas’ words hang like a decree.
FAQs
Works lacking dharmic foundation may remain outwardly ‘religious’ yet fail to reach completion or spiritual fulfillment.
The verse implies a locally remembered prāsāda associated with the name ‘Duḥśīla’, but does not provide an explicit tīrtha-name in this snippet.
None; it is a prophetic/curse-like statement about the fate of a temple project.