Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
हत्वा बहूनपि पतीन्परप्रेष्या तदा भवेत् । यस्याः पथि समायांत्या रजोभूमेः समुच्छलेत्
hatvā bahūnapi patīnparapreṣyā tadā bhavet | yasyāḥ pathi samāyāṃtyā rajobhūmeḥ samucchalet
Having caused the death of many husbands, she then becomes one sent about at others’ command. She is the kind of woman for whom, as she comes along the road, dust rises up from the ground in her path.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dusty road in Kāśī’s outskirts; a woman walks as dust rises unnaturally in her wake, while townsfolk look on with apprehension—visualizing ‘nimitta’ (omen) and karmic shadow.
FAQs
Violence and wrongdoing are portrayed as yielding severe worldly consequences, underscoring the dharmic imperative of non-harm and fidelity.
Kāśī is the larger setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse is not directly tīrtha-focused.
None; it is a description of an inauspicious sign.