Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
ततः पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च सहितोऽन्यैश्च बन्धुभिः । लोष्टैस्तं ताडयामास भर्त्समानो मुहुर्मुहुः
tataḥ putraiśca pautraiśca sahito'nyaiśca bandhubhiḥ | loṣṭaistaṃ tāḍayāmāsa bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ
তাৰ পাছত পুত্ৰ-পৌত্ৰ আৰু আন আন আত্মীয়-স্বজনসহ সি মাটিৰ ঢেলা লৈ তাক প্ৰহাৰ কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে, আৰু বাৰে বাৰে গালি-গালাজ কৰি তিৰস্কাৰ কৰিলে।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: A group—sons, grandsons, relatives—surrounds the victim, pelting and striking with clods while shouting insults; dust rises in the sacred precinct.
FAQs
When anger becomes collective, discernment collapses; Purāṇic dharma warns against impulsive condemnation without knowing the full truth.
Not specified directly in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
None.