जन्मांतरे स नृपतिर्विदर्भक्षितिपोऽभवत् । शिवार्चनांतरायेण परैर्भोगांतरे हतः
janmāṃtare sa nṛpatirvidarbhakṣitipo'bhavat | śivārcanāṃtarāyeṇa parairbhogāṃtare hataḥ
બીજા જન્મમાં તે વિદર્ભનો નૃપતિ થયો. પરંતુ શિવપૂજામાં વિઘ્ન કરવાના કારણે, ભોગવિલાસની વચ્ચે જ અન્ય લોકોના હાથે તે મારાયો.
Unknown (section narrator; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Listener: A lady addressed as 'bhavatyai' in the surrounding passage (explicit in v.72)
Scene: A Vidarbha king amid palace pleasures is suddenly attacked and slain—his downfall framed as karmic consequence for obstructing Śiva worship; distant temple lamps and a halted pūjā implied in the background.
Obstructing devotion—especially Śiva-arcana—creates severe karmic reactions that can destroy even royal prosperity.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the dharma of Śiva worship (especially connected to Pradoṣa in this adhyāya).
Indirectly, it warns against creating obstacles to Śiva-arcana (Śiva worship).