Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
प्रसीदति न विश्वात्मा वैष्णवे चापमानिते । अश्वत्थं छेदयेद्यो वै एकैकस्मिंश्च पर्वणि
prasīdati na viśvātmā vaiṣṇave cāpamānite | aśvatthaṃ chedayedyo vai ekaikasmiṃśca parvaṇi
جب کسی ویشنو بھکت کی توہین کی جاتی ہے تو وِشو آتما راضی نہیں ہوتا۔ اور جو کوئی اشوتھ (پیپل) کا درخت کاٹے—خصوصاً ہر مقدّس پَروَن کے دن—وہ سخت پاپ کا مرتکب ہوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Scene: A Vaiṣṇava devotee being insulted while a radiant cosmic presence withdraws its glow; beside it, a man raises an axe to a sacred aśvattha on a parvan day as priests and pilgrims protest; the tree is shown with a subtle divine aura.
FAQs
Honor for devotees and reverence for sacred life (like the aśvattha) are essential; offense and harm obstruct divine grace.
No specific site is named; the verse gives universal dharmic cautions within the Māhātmya setting.
Avoid insulting Vaiṣṇavas and avoid cutting the aśvattha, particularly on parvan (holy) days.