Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
क्रीडित्वा च सुविस्तीर्णशयनस्था वराङ्गना । काचित्सुप्ता विशालाक्षी हारावलिविभूषिता । धूमेनाकुलिता दीना न्यपतद्धव्यवाहने
krīḍitvā ca suvistīrṇaśayanasthā varāṅganā | kācitsuptā viśālākṣī hārāvalivibhūṣitā | dhūmenākulitā dīnā nyapataddhavyavāhane
Nach dem Spiel lag eine edle Frau auf einem weit ausgebreiteten Lager; eine weitäugige Dame, geschmückt mit Reihen von Halsketten, schlief. Vom Rauch überwältigt, elend, stürzte sie in das verzehrende Feuer.
Narrator
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A jeweled, wide-eyed woman asleep on a broad couch, necklaces spilling across her chest; smoke coils through a palace chamber as flames surge, and she slips toward a roaring fire.
FAQs
Adornment and pleasure cannot prevent suffering; heedlessness in comfort becomes peril when destiny turns.
None; the verse is part of the Tripura narrative embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa.
No ritual instruction appears here.