Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89
दुश्चर्माणो दुर्भगाश्च जायन्ते मानवा हि ते । मानकूटं तुलाकूटं कूटकं तु वदन्ति ये
duścarmāṇo durbhagāśca jāyante mānavā hi te | mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kūṭakaṃ tu vadanti ye
Quả thực, những người đó sinh ra với bệnh da liễu và số phận hẩm hiu—những kẻ nói về các biện pháp sai lệch, cân điêu và sự giả dối lừa lọc.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmya context
Type: river
Scene: A marketplace scene: a trader secretly uses false weights and counterfeit goods; the karmic mirror shows future birth with diseased skin and a cloud of ill-luck hovering.
FAQs
Truthfulness and fairness in trade are dharma; fraud harms society and rebounds as suffering and misfortune.
No tīrtha is named; it is an ethical instruction embedded within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse condemns dishonest commerce and counterfeiting.