Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
दुष्टेन चक्षुषा दृष्टाः परदारा नराधमैः । सुलोहास्याः खगास्तेषां हरंत्यत्र विलोचने
duṣṭena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭāḥ paradārā narādhamaiḥ | sulohāsyāḥ khagāsteṣāṃ haraṃtyatra vilocane
ദുഷ്ടദൃഷ്ടിയോടെ പരസ്ത്രീകളെ നോക്കിയ നരാധമരുടെ കണ്ണുകൾ ഇവിടെ ഇരുമ്പുകൊക്കുള്ള പക്ഷികൾ കീറി എടുത്തുകൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A terrifying scene: iron-beaked birds swoop in a dark infernal sky, tearing out the eyes of men who ogled another’s wife; the women appear as distant, protected figures, emphasizing the sin is in the gaze.
FAQs
Sense-control is dharma: even the corrupt gaze (dṛṣṭi-doṣa) toward another’s spouse is condemned and shown as karmically destructive.
No site is named in this verse; it is a moral warning placed within a Māhātmya framework.
No explicit rite; the implied practice is indriya-nigraha (restraint of senses) and respect for marital boundaries.