Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
चमूपास्तस्य दुर्धर्षाः प्राप्य देशं दशार्णकम् । व्यलुंपन्वसुरत्नानि गृहाणि ददहुः परे
camūpāstasya durdharṣāḥ prāpya deśaṃ daśārṇakam | vyaluṃpanvasuratnāni gṛhāṇi dadahuḥ pare
Para pengikut perkemahannya yang sukar ditahan memasuki negeri Daśārṇa. Mereka menjarah harta dan permata, dan yang lain membakar rumah-rumah.
Sūta (continued narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Invading camp-followers rampage through villages: looting valuables while flames rise from thatched houses; terrified residents flee.
FAQs
When dharma collapses in war, innocents suffer; rulers and armies accrue grave demerit by looting and burning.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the devastation of Daśārṇa.
None; the verse condemns destructive conduct by describing it.