Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80
पशुमुख उवाच । स्वामिद्रोहरतो नित्यं स भूयात्पापकृन्नरः । साधु द्वेषपरश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
paśumukha uvāca | svāmidroharato nityaṃ sa bhūyātpāpakṛnnaraḥ | sādhu dveṣaparaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
Paśumukha nói: “Người đàn ông nào luôn nuôi ý phản bội chủ mình thì trở thành kẻ tạo tội. Cũng vậy, ai chuyên ghét bậc hiền thiện và trộm cọng sen (bisa) thì cũng là kẻ làm điều tội lỗi.”
Paśumukha
Type: kund
Listener: assembly within the narrative (sages/companions implied)
Scene: Paśumukha speaks sternly to an assembly, pointing toward a lotus pond and warning that betrayal of one’s master and hatred of sādhus, along with stealing lotus-stalks, brands a man as sinful.
FAQs
It condemns three dharma-violations—betraying one’s benefactor/master, harboring hatred toward the virtuous, and theft (even of seemingly small items)—as clear causes of pāpa, reminding pilgrims that tīrtha-merit depends on righteous conduct.
This verse functions as a moral injunction within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the snippet itself does not name a specific tīrtha, but supports the broader message that sacred-place benefits are protected by ethical discipline.
No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it instead lays down behavioral restraints (non-betrayal, non-hatred of sādhus, and non-stealing) as foundational dharma in a pilgrimage setting.