Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15
तां ज्येष्ठपत्नीं नृपतेर्गर्भसंपदमाश्रिताम् । अवेक्ष्य तस्यै गरलं सपत्न्यश्छद्मना ददुः
tāṃ jyeṣṭhapatnīṃ nṛpatergarbhasaṃpadamāśritām | avekṣya tasyai garalaṃ sapatnyaśchadmanā daduḥ
Als die Nebenfrauen sahen, wie die älteste Gemahlin des Königs in ihrer Schwangerschaft erblühte, gaben sie ihr aus Eifersucht heimlich und mit List Gift.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Scene: Inside the women’s quarters: the senior queen radiant with pregnancy; co-wives whispering and offering a cup/bowl laced with poison, faces half-veiled to show deceit.
FAQs
Envy turns into adharma and violence; deceitful harm to the innocent becomes a cause of severe suffering and karmic downfall.
None; the focus is ethical instruction through palace narrative.
None; it depicts a moral transgression (poisoning) rather than a ritual.