Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
विवृद्ध्य मूषिका रथ्यावितुन्नमणिकास्तथा । केशान्ददंशुः सुप्तानां नृणां युवतयो निशि
vivṛddhya mūṣikā rathyāvitunnamaṇikāstathā | keśāndadaṃśuḥ suptānāṃ nṛṇāṃ yuvatayo niśi
Die Ratten vermehrten sich übermäßig, und ebenso die Schädlinge, die rathyāvitunnamaṇikā genannt werden. Nachts bissen junge Frauen den schlafenden Männern ins Haar.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lanes teem with multiplying rats and pests; at night an unsettling inversion of conduct occurs—young women biting the hair of sleeping men—signaling a breakdown of normalcy and dharma.
FAQs
The Purāṇa depicts adharma’s approach through unnatural disturbances in society and nature, urging vigilance, purification, and renewed dharmic living.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the background sacred geography; the māhātmya uses local narrative to teach universal dharma.
None; the verse catalogs ominous, abnormal occurrences.