Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथासौ कोपसंयुक्तस्तस्या भर्ता सुनिष्ठुरैः । वाक्यैस्तां गर्हयामास प्रहारैश्चाप्य ताडयत्
athāsau kopasaṃyuktastasyā bhartā suniṣṭhuraiḥ | vākyaistāṃ garhayāmāsa prahāraiścāpya tāḍayat
Da überkam ihren Gatten der Zorn; mit äußerst harten Worten schalt er sie und schlug sie sogar mit Schlägen.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: The husband, face contorted with rage, berates the woman with harsh words and raises his hand to strike; the scene is framed as a moral warning, not celebration—onlookers or the sacred backdrop heighten the tragedy.
FAQs
Anger (kopa) intensifies suffering and clouds discernment; dharma calls for restraint even amid betrayal.
Not stated in this verse; it is a narrative episode within the tīrtha-māhātmya section.
None.