Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
पीडितोऽप्यभवत्तूष्णीं तैरुक्तः पापकृत्तमः । द्यूते त्वया च तद्द्रव्यं हारितं किं प्रयच्छसि
pīḍito'pyabhavattūṣṇīṃ tairuktaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ | dyūte tvayā ca taddravyaṃ hāritaṃ kiṃ prayacchasi
ទោះត្រូវទារុណកម្មក៏ដោយ គាត់នៅតែស្ងៀមស្ងាត់។ បន្ទាប់មកបុរសទាំងនោះបាននិយាយទៅកាន់អ្នកធ្វើបាបដ៏អាក្រក់បំផុតថា៖ «ក្នុងល្បែងស៊ីសង អ្នកបានចាញ់ទ្រព្យនោះហើយ—តើអ្នកនឹងបង់អ្វី?»
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (narrative backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A distressed man surrounded by gamblers demanding repayment; tense street-side confrontation, the man silent, eyes lowered, hands restrained, suggesting inner turmoil before a later turn to the temple.
FAQs
Adharma traps a person in escalating demands and suffering, preparing the narrative contrast where turning to Śiva becomes the path out.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the chapter’s sacred horizon; the story soon moves toward Śiva’s temple there.
None; it is a narrative confrontation that motivates the next actions.