Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 156
कृमिभिर्वेष्टितं गान्त्रं क्वचित्पश्यत्यवेष्टितम् । पुनः सा विस्मयाविष्टा तस्य भार्या गुणान्विता । उवाच दुष्कृतं तस्य साध्वसाविष्टचेतसा
kṛmibhirveṣṭitaṃ gāntraṃ kvacitpaśyatyaveṣṭitam | punaḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā tasya bhāryā guṇānvitā | uvāca duṣkṛtaṃ tasya sādhvasāviṣṭacetasā
কেতিয়াবা তাই তেওঁৰ দেহ কৃমিয়ে ঘেৰাও কৰা দেখিলে, কেতিয়াবা ঘেৰাও নকৰা। তেতিয়া গুণৱতী পত্নী বিস্ময় আৰু ভয়ে আচ্ছন্ন হৈ, সাধ্বসত কঁপা চিত্তে তেওঁৰ দুষ্কৃত্যৰ কথা ক’লে।
Sūta (deduced) describing the wife’s observation and impending speech
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed in surrounding frame)
Scene: Midnight vision: the wife sees her husband’s body alternately swarmed by worms and then clear, as if a karmic illusion; she recoils in astonishment and fear, then steadies herself to speak.
FAQs
Sin (duṣkṛta) bears visible and invisible consequences; concealment cannot prevent its fruits from manifesting.
The story’s setting remains the Revā–Eraṇḍī Saṅgama tīrtha-mahātmya, though this verse focuses on karmic effects.
No direct prescription; it foreshadows the need for confession and prāyaścitta (expiation).
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