Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
ततो निद्रावशं प्राप्तं तं नृपं सा नृपप्रिया । स्ववेण्याः शस्त्रमादाय निजघान सुनिर्दया
tato nidrāvaśaṃ prāptaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ sā nṛpapriyā | svaveṇyāḥ śastramādāya nijaghāna sunirdayā
Alors, lorsque le roi fut tombé sous l’emprise du sommeil, la bien-aimée du roi—d’une cruauté sans merci—prit l’arme cachée dans sa tresse et l’abattit.
Narrator (Sūta continues)
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)
Scene: The king lies asleep; the woman, expression hardened, draws the weapon from her braid and strikes. The chamber is dimly lit by a single lamp, casting sharp shadows; the moment is frozen at the instant of betrayal.
FAQs
Betrayal and violence are extreme adharma; Purāṇic narratives show that such acts precipitate immediate and public disgrace.
The chapter’s tīrtha is the moral frame; this verse narrates the climactic wrongdoing that triggers stated consequences.
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