Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 128
ततोऽहं तेन वैरेण सूदयामि महो रगान् । अद्य त्वामपि नेष्यामि वैवस्वतगृहं प्रति । हत्वा दंडप्रहारेण तस्मादिष्टतमं स्मर
tato'haṃ tena vaireṇa sūdayāmi maho ragān | adya tvāmapi neṣyāmi vaivasvatagṛhaṃ prati | hatvā daṃḍaprahāreṇa tasmādiṣṭatamaṃ smara
فلذلك، بدافع تلك العداوة، أقتل الحيّات العظام. واليوم سأبعثك أنت أيضًا إلى دار فَيْفَسْوَتَا (ياما). فإذا قتلتك بضربةٍ من عصاي، فاذكر ما هو أحبّ الأشياء إليك.
Narrator (the brāhmaṇa)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa points or raises the staff toward the serpent, declaring he will send it to Yama’s house; the serpent remains composed, creating a stark contrast between rage and calm.
FAQs
Vengeance generalizes guilt and multiplies harm; Puranic dharma warns that wrath binds the mind to further suffering.
The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this line itself does not identify the site; it advances the moral narrative.
None; it is a declaration of intent and a warning.