Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दृष्टा सा केनचि द्द्विजाः । तत्रस्था जारसंयुक्ता स्वभर्तुश्च निवेदिता
kasyacittvatha kālasya dṛṣṭā sā kenaci ddvijāḥ | tatrasthā jārasaṃyuktā svabhartuśca niveditā
കുറച്ച് കാലത്തിന് ശേഷം ഒരു ദ്വിജൻ അവളെ അവിടെ പ്രിയനോടൊപ്പം കണ്ടു; ആ വിവരം അവളുടെ ഭർത്താവിനോട് അറിയിച്ചു.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: A Brahmin witness glimpses the lovers in the secluded place; the next vignette shows him informing the husband, setting the moral machinery in motion.
FAQs
Adharma tends toward exposure; society and conscience function as witnesses, bringing actions to consequence.
Not named in this verse; the tīrtha context is broader than this single narrative moment.
None; the verse advances the story toward a later ‘divine ordeal’ (divyagraha).