Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
पित्रा मात्रा च संत्यक्ता बहुभिर्भर्त्सिता नृप । गर्भघ्नी त्वं पतिघ्नी त्वमिति दर्शय मा मुखम्
pitrā mātrā ca saṃtyaktā bahubhirbhartsitā nṛpa | garbhaghnī tvaṃ patighnī tvamiti darśaya mā mukham
O König, von Vater und Mutter verstoßen und von vielen geschmäht: „Du bist eine Mörderin des Ungeborenen, du bist eine Mörderin deines Gatten!“ — so sprach man zu ihr: „Zeige dein Gesicht nicht!“
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Alikā-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (nṛpa)
Scene: Alikā stands before her parents and elders; faces around her are stern, hands raised in rejection; she is turned away from the threshold, head lowered, ornaments disheveled—an exile scene charged with shame and sorrow.
FAQs
Severe wrongdoing fractures social and familial bonds; dharma is upheld through communal censure, urging the sinner toward repentance and purification.
The verse remains within the Alikā Tīrtha narrative arc that culminates in seeking a sin-destroying tīrtha.
No explicit rite; it describes the moral judgment that sets the stage for later tīrtha-seeking and expiation.