Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
एकं जघानं गोवत्सं क्रोशंतं निशि दुर्भगा । निहतं गृहमानीय ज्ञात्वा गोवत्समंगना
ekaṃ jaghānaṃ govatsaṃ krośaṃtaṃ niśi durbhagā | nihataṃ gṛhamānīya jñātvā govatsamaṃganā
في الليل، ضربت تلك المرأة المنحوسة عجلاً كان يخور؛ وبعد أن جلبت العجل المقتول إلى المنزل، أدركت المرأة أنه عجل بقرة.
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; Purāṇic narrative voice)
Scene: A dim night courtyard: a crying calf, the woman striking it down; the moment of recognition as she brings the body indoors—lamp-light, shadows, moral tension.
FAQs
Violence toward an innocent being—especially a cow/calf—initiates heavy karmic consequences in Purāṇic dharma.
No tīrtha or sacred geography is explicitly mentioned in this verse.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.