Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
या भर्तारं परित्यज्य रहश्चरति दुर्मतिः । उलूकी जायते क्रूरा वृक्षकोटरशायिनी
yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ | ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī
যে দুর্মতি নারী স্বামীকে ত্যাগ করে গোপনে বিচরণ করে, সে ক্রূরী পেঁচা-স্ত্রী হয়ে বৃক্ষকোটরে শয়নকারী রূপে জন্মায়।
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.