Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
विषमेषु शरैस्तीव्रैः कारितस्त्वपदे पदम् । जहार कस्यचिद्भार्या मैत्रीं कृत्वा तु तेन वै
viṣameṣu śaraistīvraiḥ kāritastvapade padam | jahāra kasyacidbhāryā maitrīṃ kṛtvā tu tena vai
വിഷമസാഹചര്യങ്ങളിൽ തീക്ഷ്ണശരങ്ങളാൽ ആഹതനായ അവൻ പടിപടിയായി തെറ്റിലേക്കു തള്ളപ്പെട്ടു. പിന്നെ ഒരാളുമായി സൗഹൃദം സ്ഥാപിച്ച് അവന്റെ ഭാര്യയെ അപഹരിച്ചു.
Devadeva (Śiva) continuing the narration
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wounded, restless man in a perilous skirmish, arrows flying; later, under the pretext of friendship, he leads away another man’s veiled wife—shadowed alleyways of Kāśī in the background, moral darkness contrasted with sacred city silhouettes.
FAQs
Betrayal and violation of marital dharma lead one rapidly from one calamity to another, accelerating spiritual and social ruin.
None directly; the verse is part of a moral narrative embedded in the Kāśī-kṣetra discourse.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights adharma (wrongdoing) as a cautionary example.