Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
या भर्तारं परित्यज्य रहश्चरति दुर्मतिः । उलूकी जायते क्रूरा वृक्षकोटरशायिनी
yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ | ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī
المرأةُ سيّئةُ الرأي التي تهجرُ زوجَها وتمشي خُفيةً، يُقال إنها تُولَدُ من جديدٍ بومةً أنثى قاسية، تأوي إلى تجاويفِ الأشجار وتنام فيها.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying dharma-teaching)
Scene: Night scene: a woman moving secretly through a grove; the next panel shows a she-owl in a tree hollow—harsh, solitary, and fearful—symbolizing karmic fall.
FAQs
It warns that deceitful, secretive conduct that violates household dharma bears painful karmic results.
No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse uses karmic consequence to reinforce dharma.
None; it is a karmic admonition tied to conduct.