Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
या भर्तारं परित्यज्य रहश्चरति दुर्मतिः । उलूकी जायते क्रूरा वृक्षकोटरशायिनी
yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ | ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī
যি দুৰ্বুদ্ধি স্ত্ৰী স্বামীক ত্যাগ কৰি গোপনে ঘূৰি ফুৰে, কোৱা হয় সি ক্ৰূৰী মাইকী পেঁচা হৈ পুনর্জন্ম লয় আৰু গছৰ কোটৰত শয়ন কৰে।
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.