Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
द्वारकावासिनां निंदा महापापाधिका ध्रुवम् । न निवर्तेत तत्पापं सा ज्ञेया परमेश्वरी
dvārakāvāsināṃ niṃdā mahāpāpādhikā dhruvam | na nivarteta tatpāpaṃ sā jñeyā parameśvarī
دوارکا کے باشندوں کی بدگوئی یقیناً بڑے بڑے گناہوں سے بھی بڑھ کر ہے۔ وہ گناہ آسانی سے ٹلتا نہیں؛ اسے انجام کے اعتبار سے نہایت قوی سمجھو۔
Jayanta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A declarative, inscription-like moral edict: ‘Nindā of Dvārakā-vāsins is worse than great sins; it does not readily cease.’ The scene can be rendered as Jayanta proclaiming a law before the city/temple.
FAQs
Defaming devotees—especially those connected with a sacred kṣetra—is a grave aparādha with enduring karmic results.
Dwārakā, whose residents are treated as worthy of reverence due to the sanctity of the kṣetra.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse lays down a dharmic prohibition against slander.