Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
एवं शप्त्वा च तं शक्रं ततोऽहिल्यामुवाच सः । कोपसंरक्तनेत्रस्तु भर्त्सयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः
evaṃ śaptvā ca taṃ śakraṃ tato'hilyāmuvāca saḥ | kopasaṃraktanetrastu bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ
এইদৰে শক্ৰ (ইন্দ্ৰ)ক শাপ দি, তাৰ পাছত তেওঁ অহল্যাৰ সৈতে ক’লে; ক্ৰোধে ৰঙা হোৱা চকুৰে তেওঁ বাৰে বাৰে তাক ধিক্কাৰ আৰু তিৰস্কাৰ কৰিলে।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; reporting Gautama’s actions)
Scene: Gautama (or the offended ṛṣi) stands in ascetic fury, eyes reddened, having cursed Śakra; he turns to Ahalyā and rebukes her repeatedly; forest-āśrama setting with sacrificial implements and hermitage huts.
FAQs
Dharma narratives hold all parties accountable; correction and censure are portrayed as instruments to restore moral order.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the moral backstory used within the tīrtha-oriented chapter.
None.
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