Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
हरेत्पुरंध्रीः प्रसभं पौराणां काममोहितः । असाधवः प्रियास्तस्य साधवोऽप्रियतां ययुः
haretpuraṃdhrīḥ prasabhaṃ paurāṇāṃ kāmamohitaḥ | asādhavaḥ priyāstasya sādhavo'priyatāṃ yayuḥ
Aveuglé par la convoitise, il enlevait de force les femmes des habitants de la cité. Les méchants lui étaient chers, tandis que les vertueux tombaient en disgrâce.
Skanda
Listener: Muni
Scene: A dark courtly episode: the king’s men abduct townspeople’s women; citizens plead; sādhus stand aside in sorrow while corrupt companions smile—visualizing the inversion of dharma.
FAQs
Kāma-moha overturns dharma: it leads to violence, social harm, and the inversion where the wicked are favored over the good.
None directly; the verse functions as ethical instruction within the Kāśī narrative context.
None; it is a condemnation of adharma, implicitly urging restraint and protection of subjects.