Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 113
स्पृष्टवांश्च स्तनौ तस्याः सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः । स्पृष्टाभ्यां च स्तनाभ्यां च तत्क्षणाद्द्विजसत्तमाः
spṛṣṭavāṃśca stanau tasyāḥ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ | spṛṣṭābhyāṃ ca stanābhyāṃ ca tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ
Et il toucha ses seins sous le regard de tout le peuple ; et dès l’instant même où ces seins furent touchés, ô le meilleur des brāhmaṇas—
Sūta (continuing narration)
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ
Scene: In a crowded assembly, the brāhmaṇa touches the woman’s breasts; faces of onlookers show astonishment; the moment is frozen just before the miracle manifests.
FAQs
The narrative underscores that acts affecting purity are not merely private; they are accountable within social and dharmic order.
Not specified in this shloka; the verse functions as part of a larger tīrtha-centered chapter.
No new prescription is stated here; it narrates the act that is framed elsewhere as requiring prāyaścitta.