Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
तेषा मदत्त्वा चाश्रंति चिकित्संति न रोगिणः । अजाविको माहिषिकः समुद्री वृषलीपतिः
teṣā madattvā cāśraṃti cikitsaṃti na rogiṇaḥ | ajāviko māhiṣikaḥ samudrī vṛṣalīpatiḥ
তেওঁলোকে মদ্যপান কৰি মত্ত হৈ কান্দে; ৰোগীৰ চিকিৎসা নকৰে। ছাগলী-ভেড়াৰ পালক, মহিষৰ গোহালীয়া, সাগৰযাত্ৰী আৰু শূদ্ৰ-স্ত্ৰীৰ স্বামী—এইবোৰক ইয়াত পতিত আচৰণৰ চিহ্ন বুলি কোৱা হৈছে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention
Scene: A grim village/market tableau: men drinking to stupor and wailing; a sick person unattended; figures representing marginal or exploitative livelihoods shown as symbols of social inversion; a distant temple silhouette suggesting the lost axis of dharma.
FAQs
Intoxication and negligence toward the suffering are censured; dharma values sobriety, responsibility, and care for the ill.
No sacred geography appears in this verse.
None; the verse criticizes behaviors and depicts social markers within the text’s ethical listing.