Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
आत्मीयं कुत्सितं तेषां मणिभद्रवधो यथा । विहितो विहिता पत्नी तस्य व्याजेन कृत्स्नशः
ātmīyaṃ kutsitaṃ teṣāṃ maṇibhadravadho yathā | vihito vihitā patnī tasya vyājena kṛtsnaśaḥ
Ia menuturkan seluruh perkara memalukan mereka sendiri—bagaimana pembunuhan Maṇibhadra terjadi, dan bagaimana seorang istri diatur baginya, semuanya melalui dalih yang direkayasa.
Sūta (reporting Puṣpa’s narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (embedded audience) / Ṛṣis (frame audience)
Scene: Puṣpa recounts a shameful episode: the contrived circumstances leading to Maṇibhadra’s slaying and the arrangement of a wife through pretext; the brāhmaṇas listen with growing severity.
FAQs
Hidden wrongdoing and deceit are exposed in sacred narration to warn that adharma ultimately becomes known and judged.
The passage remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting, though this verse focuses on the story’s moral thread.
None; it summarizes the content of Puṣpa’s account.