Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
येनास्येन पवित्रेण भवता निंदितः शिवः । चूर्णयामि तदास्यं ते चपेटाभिः समंततः
yenāsyena pavitreṇa bhavatā niṃditaḥ śivaḥ | cūrṇayāmi tadāsyaṃ te capeṭābhiḥ samaṃtataḥ
Với cái miệng lẽ ra phải thanh tịnh đó mà ngươi đã xúc phạm thần Shiva, ta sẽ đập nát cái miệng đó của ngươi bằng những cái tát từ mọi phía.
Skanda (deduced narrator); direct speech: Vīrabhadra
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience of sages
Scene: Vīrabhadra threatens to crush Dakṣa’s mouth—the very instrument of blasphemy—with slaps from all sides; Dakṣa appears terrified, ritual setting trembling.
FAQs
Speech is sacred; using a ‘pavitra’ mouth for blasphemy is a grave offense, and Purāṇas warn of severe consequences for Śiva-nindā.
Kāśī, as the Śaiva sacred sphere where reverence to Śiva is treated as paramount dharma.
None; the verse is a moral warning about right speech and reverence rather than a ritual instruction.