Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
यस्मात्त्वया मृषा प्रोक्तं मम पर्यंतदर्शनम् । तस्मात्त्वं सर्ववर्णानां पूजार्हो न भविष्यसि
yasmāttvayā mṛṣā proktaṃ mama paryaṃtadarśanam | tasmāttvaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ pūjārho na bhaviṣyasi
Vì ngươi đã dối trá nói rằng đã thấy giới hạn của Ta, nên từ nay ngươi sẽ không còn xứng đáng được mọi varṇa tôn thờ nữa.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); liṅgodbhava-śikṣā motif
Type: kshetra
Listener: The cursed party (implied) and the audience within the narrative
Scene: Maheśvara pronounces a curse for false boasting of having seen the Lord’s ‘limit’; the atmosphere is solemn, judicial, and cosmic.
FAQs
Spiritual authority collapses when founded on falsehood; truth is the basis of worship-worthiness.
The verse is etiological (explaining worship patterns) rather than praising a particular tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed; a dharmic consequence (loss of pūjā-eligibility) is declared.