Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
अथ ते तां समालोक्य भर्त्सयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः । संताड्य लकुटाघातैर्लोष्टघातैश्च मुष्टिभिः
atha te tāṃ samālokya bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ | saṃtāḍya lakuṭāghātairloṣṭaghātaiśca muṣṭibhiḥ
അവളെ കണ്ട ഉടനെ അവർ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ശാസിച്ചു നിന്ദിച്ചു; ദണ്ഡപ്രഹാരങ്ങളാലും മണ്ണുകട്ടകളാലും മുഷ്ടിഘാതങ്ങളാലും അവളെ അടിച്ചു തകർത്തു।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: A lone woman is surrounded by assailants; they hurl abuse and strike her with clubs, clods, and fists; the scene is tense, dark, and morally charged, foreshadowing divine/karma-driven resolution.
FAQs
It portrays the compounding of adharma—cruelty layered upon greed—highlighting how violence deepens karmic entanglement.
The verse is narrative groundwork; the tīrtha’s glorification is articulated later through the sacred pond’s description.
None in this verse.