Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
कन्याविक्रयकर्त्तारः कन्यानां जीवभंजकाः । पुरीषमध्यगा ह्येते पच्यंते मम किंकरैः
kanyāvikrayakarttāraḥ kanyānāṃ jīvabhaṃjakāḥ | purīṣamadhyagā hyete pacyaṃte mama kiṃkaraiḥ
Những kẻ buôn bán trinh nữ và hủy hoại cuộc đời của các thiếu nữ bị nấu chín giữa hầm phân nhơ bẩn, chịu sự hành hạ bởi các quỷ sứ của ta.
Yama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (addressed as dvijottama)
Scene: A grim Yama-loka tableau: offenders who sold or destroyed the lives of maidens are forced to suffer amid filth, driven by Yamadūtas; the scene is didactic, emphasizing moral horror rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Exploitation of vulnerable persons—especially commodifying or harming girls—is treated as extreme adharma with severe karmic return.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya setting; the verse supports moral purification associated with sacred travel and residence.
None; it is a condemnation of exploitative conduct rather than a ritual instruction.
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