Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अस्या दोषेण पापाया मृतश्च स महीपतिः । तथा राष्ट्रस्य विध्वंसे भविष्यति पुरः क्षयः
asyā doṣeṇa pāpāyā mṛtaśca sa mahīpatiḥ | tathā rāṣṭrasya vidhvaṃse bhaviṣyati puraḥ kṣayaḥ
“Par la faute de cette pécheresse, le roi est mort ; et avec la destruction du royaume, la ville tombera sûrement aussi.”
Sūta (contextual continuation; reporting citizens’ lament)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame, not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A distressed city court or assembly: citizens accuse a woman of causing the king’s death; ominous signs over the palace and city walls suggest impending ruin.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives show how perceived moral fault and misfortune become linked in public mind, urging a turn toward dharma, expiation, and sacred protection.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it expresses the crisis that the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya will resolve in subsequent context.
None in this verse.