Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
धनदस्य हृतं चित्तं हृतः शक्रस्य वारणः । इन्द्राणीं वाञ्छते पापो हयरत्नं रवेरपि
dhanadasya hṛtaṃ cittaṃ hṛtaḥ śakrasya vāraṇaḥ | indrāṇīṃ vāñchate pāpo hayaratnaṃ raverapi
त्याने धनद (कुबेर) याचे चित्त/धन हिरावले आणि शक्र (इंद्र) याचा ऐरावत हत्तीही घेतला. तो पापी इंद्राणीचीही इच्छा करीत असे आणि रविच्या रत्नतुल्य अश्वाचीही.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa secret tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Tāla-megha’s spree: stealing Kubera’s treasure/‘heart’, seizing Airāvata, coveting Indrāṇī, and taking the Sun’s jewel-like horse; montage of cosmic plunder.
FAQs
Unchecked power turns to greed and violation; the Purāṇas portray such acts as clear marks of pāpa that invite divine correction.
Not directly; it continues the backstory leading to the tīrtha’s founding and fame.
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