Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
ततश्चित्राकृतिरहं स्तम्भितो मुनिनाऽभवम् । व्रीडितं प्रविशामीव स्वांगानि किल लज्जया
tataścitrākṛtirahaṃ stambhito muninā'bhavam | vrīḍitaṃ praviśāmīva svāṃgāni kila lajjayā
तब मैं विचित्र विकृत रूप में हो गया और मुनि ने मुझे स्तम्भित कर दिया। लज्जा से मैं ऐसा संकुचित हुआ मानो अपने ही अंगों में प्रवेश करना चाहता हूँ।
Unspecified narrator (likely the offender speaking in first person within the recited story)
Scene: A wrongdoer is suddenly frozen by a sage’s power, body twisted into an unnatural posture; the figure’s face shows burning shame, as if trying to fold inward into his own limbs, while the ascetic stands firm and radiant.
FAQs
Wrongdoing brings inner humiliation; dharma acts not only externally through punishment but internally through conscience and shame.
No sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
None.