Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
तदोवाच महातेजा रावणो लोकरावणः । मय्यश्रद्धान्वितो भूत्वा विषयात्मा सुदुर्मदः
tadovāca mahātejā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | mayyaśraddhānvito bhūtvā viṣayātmā sudurmadaḥ
അപ്പോൾ മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള, ലോകങ്ങളെ വിറപ്പിക്കുന്ന രാവണൻ, എന്നോടുള്ള ശ്രദ്ദ നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തി, വിഷയാസക്തനായി, അത്യന്തം അഹങ്കാരത്തോടെ സംസാരിച്ചു।
Nandīśvara (describing Rāvaṇa’s disposition)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified
Scene: Rāvaṇa, blazing with power, speaks with contempt and arrogance; his posture and expression show a mind ruled by senses and pride, set against the stillness of the sacred mountains.
FAQs
Loss of śraddhā and domination by sense-craving breed pride, which leads to adharma and downfall.
Implicitly the Kedāra region; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kedārakhaṇḍa pilgrimage narrative.
None; it is an ethical characterization meant to instruct by contrast.