Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
जघनेषु विलग्नानि तानि पेतुः पृथक्पृथक् । तद्दृष्ट्वा तु हरिः कुद्धस्ताः शशाप ततोऽबलाः
jaghaneṣu vilagnāni tāni petuḥ pṛthakpṛthak | taddṛṣṭvā tu hariḥ kuddhastāḥ śaśāpa tato'balāḥ
Accrochés à leurs hanches, ces vêtements tombèrent l’un après l’autre. Voyant cela, Hari s’irrita et maudit alors ces femmes sans défense.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Garments slip away one by one; the women stand distressed and exposed, while Hari’s face hardens—eyes blazing with righteous anger—as he pronounces a curse.
FAQs
Improper conduct invites severe karmic consequence; divine displeasure in Purāṇas dramatizes the gravity of adharma.
The incident is situated in Prabhāsakṣetra’s Māhātmya narrative frame.
None; it introduces a śāpa (curse) as narrative moral causality.