Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
दृष्टो भवद्भिर्दुष्टः स परदारावमर्शकः । छित्त्वा हस्तौ च खड्गेन खरारूढस्तु गच्छति
dṛṣṭo bhavadbhirduṣṭaḥ sa paradārāvamarśakaḥ | chittvā hastau ca khaḍgena kharārūḍhastu gacchati
പരസ്ത്രီးയെ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ആ ദുഷ്ടനെ നിങ്ങള് കണ്ടുവല്ലോ. വാളുകൊണ്ട് കൈകള് ഛേദിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, അവന് കഴുതപ്പുറത്തേറി പോകുന്നു.
Festival announcers/performers (deduced; continuing didactic spectacle)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A public road near a sacred precinct: a condemned adulterer with severed hands, mounted on a donkey, being driven away as onlookers recoil; the contrast between sacred landscape and human disgrace is emphasized.
FAQs
Violation of marital boundaries is a grave adharma; the text uses public spectacle to deter such conduct and uphold social dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharma is reinforced through festival pedagogy and public moral instruction.
A staged depiction of the disgrace/punishment of a paradāra-offender as part of the festival’s didactic program.