Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
परं स्त्रीणां स्वभावोऽयं सर्वासां सुरसत्तमाः । अपि सह्यो वज्रपातः सपत्न्या न पुनः कथा
paraṃ strīṇāṃ svabhāvo'yaṃ sarvāsāṃ surasattamāḥ | api sahyo vajrapātaḥ sapatnyā na punaḥ kathā
Pourtant, ô meilleur des dieux, telle est la nature de toutes les femmes : le coup de la foudre peut encore être supporté, mais non l’affaire d’une coépouse.
Gāyatrī (within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: suras (addressed: surasattamāḥ) and assembly
Scene: A reflective moment: the speaker generalizes about women’s nature—thunderbolt pain is bearable, but not the presence of a co-wife—set against the backdrop of a divine-sacrificial assembly.
FAQs
It highlights the destructive intensity of rivalry in domestic life, implying the need for restraint, fairness, and dharmic sensitivity in relationships.
The statement is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative rather than direct tīrtha praise.
None; it is a moral-psychological observation within the story.