Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
हत्वा बहूनपि पतीन्परप्रेष्या तदा भवेत् । यस्याः पथि समायांत्या रजोभूमेः समुच्छलेत्
hatvā bahūnapi patīnparapreṣyā tadā bhavet | yasyāḥ pathi samāyāṃtyā rajobhūmeḥ samucchalet
Nachdem sie den Tod vieler Gatten bewirkt hat, wird sie sodann zu einer, die auf Befehl anderer ausgesandt wird. Es ist jene Frau, bei deren Kommen auf dem Weg der Staub der Erde in ihrer Spur aufwirbelt.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dusty road in Kāśī’s outskirts; a woman walks as dust rises unnaturally in her wake, while townsfolk look on with apprehension—visualizing ‘nimitta’ (omen) and karmic shadow.
FAQs
Violence and wrongdoing are portrayed as yielding severe worldly consequences, underscoring the dharmic imperative of non-harm and fidelity.
Kāśī is the larger setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse is not directly tīrtha-focused.
None; it is a description of an inauspicious sign.