Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
जघनेषु विलग्नानि तानि पेतुः पृथक्पृथक् । तद्दृष्ट्वा तु हरिः कुद्धस्ताः शशाप ततोऽबलाः
jaghaneṣu vilagnāni tāni petuḥ pṛthakpṛthak | taddṛṣṭvā tu hariḥ kuddhastāḥ śaśāpa tato'balāḥ
An den Hüften haftend, fielen jene Gewänder eines nach dem anderen herab. Als Hari dies sah, entbrannte er im Zorn und verfluchte daraufhin jene hilflosen Frauen.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Garments slip away one by one; the women stand distressed and exposed, while Hari’s face hardens—eyes blazing with righteous anger—as he pronounces a curse.
FAQs
Improper conduct invites severe karmic consequence; divine displeasure in Purāṇas dramatizes the gravity of adharma.
The incident is situated in Prabhāsakṣetra’s Māhātmya narrative frame.
None; it introduces a śāpa (curse) as narrative moral causality.