Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
राजानं राक्षसाकारं शापास्त्रेण जघान तम् । रेरे पार्थिव पापात्मंस्त्वया मे भक्षितः पतिः
rājānaṃ rākṣasākāraṃ śāpāstreṇa jaghāna tam | rere pārthiva pāpātmaṃstvayā me bhakṣitaḥ patiḥ
Voyant le roi changé en une forme pareille à celle d’un rākṣasa, elle le frappa avec l’arme de la malédiction. «Misérable roi, âme pécheresse : par toi mon époux a été dévoré !»
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator)
Scene: A grief-stricken brāhmaṇa-wife confronts a king in a rākṣasa-like form and strikes him with a curse-weapon; her face shows wrath and sorrow, while the king recoils in fear and shame.
FAQs
Adharma—especially violence and transgression against the innocent—invites immediate karmic retribution, and the power of a pativratā’s truth can act as a ‘curse-weapon’.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-narrative leading into later expiation themes.
None in this verse; it presents the moral cause (sin) that later necessitates expiation.