Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
एवं बहुविधा वाचः प्रलपन्मणिभद्रकः । नीत्वा तैः पार्थिवोद्दिष्टैः पुरुषैः परुषाक्षरम् । बहुधा प्रलपं श्चैव कृतः शाखावलंबनः
evaṃ bahuvidhā vācaḥ pralapanmaṇibhadrakaḥ | nītvā taiḥ pārthivoddiṣṭaiḥ puruṣaiḥ paruṣākṣaram | bahudhā pralapaṃ ścaiva kṛtaḥ śākhāvalaṃbanaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ മണിഭദ്രൻ പലവിധ വാക്കുകൾ പ്രലപിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് രാജാവാൽ നിയുക്തരായ പുരുഷന്മാർ കഠിനവചനങ്ങൾ ഉച്ചരിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് അവനെ കൊണ്ടുപോയി; അവൻ പലവിധം വിലപിച്ചിട്ടും, ശാഖയിൽ തൂക്കിവെച്ചു।
Narrator
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A condemned man (Maṇibhadra) is led by royal attendants; the crowd’s faces show severity; he laments while being made to hang from a tree-branch at the edge of a settlement near the sacred precinct.
FAQs
The story turns from moral counsel to consequence: unrighteousness culminates in public disgrace and downfall, underscoring karmic accountability.
The episode is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it is narrative description of punishment and death within the upākhyāna.