Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 138
दुष्टानां घातनं लोके पाशेन च निबन्धनम् । एवं सरीसृपाणां च दुःखं मातर्मुहुर्मुहुः
duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ loke pāśena ca nibandhanam | evaṃ sarīsṛpāṇāṃ ca duḥkhaṃ mātarmuhurmuhuḥ
জগতত দুষ্টসকলক বধ কৰা হয়, আৰু আনক পাশেৰে বান্ধি ৰখা হয়। এইদৰে, হে মাতা, সৰীসৃপসকলেও বাৰে বাৰে দুখ ভোগ কৰে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative 'mātar' retained from narrative address)
Listener: Mother (Pārvatī/Umā)
Scene: A stark allegory: figures of the wicked being struck down, others bound by a noose; alongside, serpents and creeping beings repeatedly meeting peril—suggesting the universal net of bondage.
FAQs
Worldly life is marked by bondage and violence, and beings repeatedly cycle through pain—prompting a turn toward dharma and liberation.
No holy site is named in this verse.
None.