Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
हरेत्पुरंध्रीः प्रसभं पौराणां काममोहितः । असाधवः प्रियास्तस्य साधवोऽप्रियतां ययुः
haretpuraṃdhrīḥ prasabhaṃ paurāṇāṃ kāmamohitaḥ | asādhavaḥ priyāstasya sādhavo'priyatāṃ yayuḥ
Vom Begehren betört, raubte er gewaltsam die Frauen der Bürger. Die Schlechten wurden ihm lieb, die Tugendhaften aber gerieten in Ungnade.
Skanda
Listener: Muni
Scene: A dark courtly episode: the king’s men abduct townspeople’s women; citizens plead; sādhus stand aside in sorrow while corrupt companions smile—visualizing the inversion of dharma.
FAQs
Kāma-moha overturns dharma: it leads to violence, social harm, and the inversion where the wicked are favored over the good.
None directly; the verse functions as ethical instruction within the Kāśī narrative context.
None; it is a condemnation of adharma, implicitly urging restraint and protection of subjects.