Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
दुःशीलोऽपि बहिश्चक्रे गृहं तस्य पुरस्य च । देवशर्मा यथापूर्वं संत्यक्तः पुरवासिभिः
duḥśīlo'pi bahiścakre gṛhaṃ tasya purasya ca | devaśarmā yathāpūrvaṃ saṃtyaktaḥ puravāsibhiḥ
اگرچہ دُحشیلا نے دوسری طرح برتاؤ کیا، پھر بھی دیوشَرما کا گھر شہر سے باہر ہی رکھا گیا؛ اور پہلے کی طرح دیوشَرما اہلِ شہر کے ہاتھوں ترک ہی رہا۔
Narrator (implied; likely Sūta in the ongoing narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: A house physically shifted or marked as outside the city boundary; Devaśarmā stands isolated while townspeople keep distance; Duḥśīla’s disruptive presence contrasts with the community’s collective rejection.
FAQs
Puranic dharma stresses that communal conduct and moral reputation shape one’s standing; abandonment/exclusion is portrayed as a grave worldly consequence of adharma.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but this specific line does not name a particular tīrtha; it functions as narrative setup within the sacred-geography chapter.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, vrata, japa) is prescribed in this verse.