Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एवं स निन्द्यमानस्तु सर्वलोकैर्द्विजोत्तमाः । कोपं चक्रे ततो वह्निं समुद्दिश्य सदुःखितः
evaṃ sa nindyamānastu sarvalokairdvijottamāḥ | kopaṃ cakre tato vahniṃ samuddiśya saduḥkhitaḥ
ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಂದಲೂ ನಿಂದಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತ, ಓ ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮ, ಅವನು ತುಂಬ ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡು ಅಗ್ನಿಯ ಕಡೆಗೆ ತನ್ನ ರೋಷವನ್ನು ತಿರುಗಿಸಿದನು.
Narrator (contextual; addressing listeners as dvijottamāḥ)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijoत्तamāḥ (addressed audience within narration)
Scene: The condemned husband, face flushed, clenched fists, turns toward a sacrificial fire; flames rise as Agni’s presence; the crowd recoils, sensing impending sacrilege.
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