Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
उक्ता प्रत्युत्तरं दद्याद्या नारी क्रोधतत्परा । सरमा जायते ग्रामे सृगाली निर्जने वने
uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyādyā nārī krodhatatparā | saramā jāyate grāme sṛgālī nirjane vane
Eine Frau, die, wenn man sie anspricht, schroff zurückfährt und dem Zorn ergeben ist, wird als Hündin in einem Dorf oder als Schakalin in einem einsamen Wald wiedergeboren.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A domestic scene: a woman with angry expression retorts; the next vignette shows symbolic rebirth—village dog near houses and a solitary she-jackal in a barren forest—illustrating the two rebirth outcomes.
FAQs
It warns against anger-driven speech and disrespectful retorts, presenting them as causes of degrading rebirth.
No specific site is named; it is a general karmic-ethical teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a behavioral injunction—avoid angry retorting.