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Punishment for Insulting devatā/devī or Scriptures :
Also lets talk about "Shatru Bhakti"

A punishment which one has to face in the afterlife is given in Devi Bhagavata Purana 9.33

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"The wretch that abuses Mûla Prakriti, the Vedas, the S’âstras, Purânas, Brahmâ, Visnu, S’iva and the other Devas, Gaurî, Laksmî, Sarasvatî and the other Devîs, goes to the hell named Bhayânaka Narakakunda. (continue)

- Devi Bhagavata Purana 9.33.

There is no other hell more tormenting than this. The sinners live here for many Kalpas and ultimately become serpents. There is no sin greater than the abuse of the Devî. There is no expiation for it. So one ought never to abuse the Devî. (continue)

If one discontinues the allowances given by oneself or other persons to the Devas or Brâhmanas, one goes to Visthâ Kunda & has to eat the faeces there for sixty thousand years and finally to be born in Bhârata as worms in faeces the same number of years."

- Devi Bhagavatam 9.33

Unintentional abuse:

One doesn't intend to harm, but due to some indirect actions, a person ends up damaging something. This doesn't result in anything as there was no purpose behind it. Some people feel sorry and some don't.

Both are OK.

Intentional

Many have the only ability to hate, they simply can't love. Hence they use this "hate" as a tool to worship God. If they are serious about what they are doing with single pointed steadfastness, then it's a kind of devotion (Bhakti). Which is called Shatru Bhakti.

Ultimately this hateful person either wants to kill the god or wants get killed by that god. For Examples: ShishupAla.

We end up merging with Bhagvan. Depending on emotion, the merger would be either pleasant or despicable.

Finally in Gita 4.11 Shree Krishna says-

The way they approach Me, exactly in same way I serve them; O Partha, all human beings follow My path in every way.