Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
नारीभिर्नरशार्दूल भूषिताभिः सुभूषणैः । अथासौ चिंतयामास चोरो दृष्ट्वाथ जागरम्
nārībhirnaraśārdūla bhūṣitābhiḥ subhūṣaṇaiḥ | athāsau ciṃtayāmāsa coro dṛṣṭvātha jāgaram
ഹേ നരശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! സുന്ദരമായ ആഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട സ്ത്രീകളെയും ആ ജാഗരണത്തെയും കണ്ട് ആ കള്ളൻ ചിന്തിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; traditionally Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A night-time temple vigil: women devotees glittering with ornaments and lamps; at the edge, a thief watches, his face half-lit, mind plotting.
FAQs
Even in sacred settings, the mind may turn toward temptation; the narrative sets up how dharma can still redirect a fallen person.
The holy precinct where the Śivarātri vigil is underway; it functions as the tīrtha-context for the coming transformation.
The ongoing jāgaraṇa (night vigil) associated with Śivarātri.