Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
येन मार्गेण ता गावो नीयन्ते तस्करैर्बलात् । तिरस्कृत्य द्विजान्सर्वाञ्छितशस्त्रधरैर्द्विजाः
yena mārgeṇa tā gāvo nīyante taskarairbalāt | tiraskṛtya dvijānsarvāñchitaśastradharairdvijāḥ
যে পথে চোরেরা বলপূর্বক সেই গাভীগুলিকে হাঁকিয়ে নিয়ে যাচ্ছিল—যেখানে ধারালো অস্ত্রধারীরা সকল দ্বিজকে অপমান করে সরিয়ে দিয়েছিল—সেই পথেই সে অগ্রসর হল।
Narrator
Scene: Armed thieves drive a herd of cows along a road; brahmins are shoved aside; the hero follows the same path, bow ready; tension between sacrilege and impending justice.
FAQs
Violence and contempt toward brāhmaṇas and cattle is portrayed as adharma that calls for righteous intervention.
No tīrtha is named; the verse intensifies the moral conflict preceding the pilgrimage’s sacred outcomes.
None; it describes wrongdoing (forceful theft and insult) rather than prescribing a rite.