क्रूराक्षोयं दिवांधोयं सदा वक्रनखस्त्वसौ । अतीवोद्वेगजनकं सर्वेषामस्य भाषणम्
krūrākṣoyaṃ divāṃdhoyaṃ sadā vakranakhastvasau | atīvodvegajanakaṃ sarveṣāmasya bhāṣaṇam
यह क्रूर नेत्रों वाला है, यह दिन में अंधा है, इसके नख सदा टेढ़े हैं; और इसका बोलना सबके लिए अत्यन्त उद्वेगकारी है।
Skanda
Listener: muni/mahāmati (interlocutor)
Scene: A menacing bird figure characterized by cruel eyes, day-blindness, crooked talons, and a sharp beak mid-speech; surrounding beings recoil in agitation.
Harsh nature and harmful speech are marks of adharma and become causes of social fear and rightful rejection.
None; the verse serves a narrative-ethical function rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya description.
None.