मलिनास्ताः कृशांग्यश्च दीनाः सर्वा विचेतसः । ततो दृष्ट्वा तथारूपं दक्षो मोहमुपागतः
malināstāḥ kṛśāṃgyaśca dīnāḥ sarvā vicetasaḥ | tato dṛṣṭvā tathārūpaṃ dakṣo mohamupāgataḥ
فأصبحنَ مُكدَّراتٍ مُلوَّثات، نحيلاتِ الأعضاء، بائساتٍ، وقد اضطربت عقولُهنّ جميعًا من الكرب. فلمّا رآهنّ دكشا على تلك الحال وقع في الحيرة والذهول.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The maidens appear thin, sullied, and despondent; Dakṣa beholds their altered forms and is struck with bewilderment—an abrupt shift from radiance to ruin.
Adharma manifests as visible suffering; a guardian must respond when dependents are harmed by injustice.
The episode is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking cosmic order and disorder to sacred geography.
None; this verse describes the daughters’ condition and Dakṣa’s reaction.