Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
यावच्चादर्शनं प्राप्तो वेतसैः परिवारितः । तावन्मात्रां समादाय दुःशीलः प्रस्थितो द्रुतम् । उत्तरां दिशमाश्रित्य प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना
yāvaccādarśanaṃ prāpto vetasaiḥ parivāritaḥ | tāvanmātrāṃ samādāya duḥśīlaḥ prasthito drutam | uttarāṃ diśamāśritya prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā
Dès qu’il eut disparu à la vue, dissimulé par les roseaux, Duḥśīla ne prit que cette mesure et s’enfuit aussitôt—se dirigeant vers le nord, l’âme intérieure en joie.
Sūta (by narrative flow)
Tirtha: Jāgeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reed-thicket by a sacred water-edge; Duḥśīla slips away clutching a small measured portion, glancing back, then turns north with a triumphant inner smile.
FAQs
Even near holy places, adharma like theft arises from inner greed; the Purāṇic narrative warns that such joy is spiritually ruinous.
The immediate setting remains the Murala river tirtha (with reeds along the bank), though the verse focuses on the act of wrongdoing.
None; this is a moral-narrative scene describing concealment and flight (uttarā diśā).