Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
केचिद्धनानि जगृहुः केचिद्बालान्स्त्रियोऽपरे । गोधनान्यपरेऽगृह्णन्केचिद्धान्यपरिच्छदान् । केचिदारामसस्यानि गृहोद्यानान्यनाशयत्
keciddhanāni jagṛhuḥ kecidbālānstriyo'pare | godhanānyapare'gṛhṇankeciddhānyaparicchadān | kecidārāmasasyāni gṛhodyānānyanāśayat
काहींनी धन घेतले, काहींनी बालकांना, तर काहींनी स्त्रियांना पळविले। काहींनी गोधन नेले, काहींनी धान्य व घरगुती सामान. काहींनी बागांची पिके व घरालगतची उद्याने उद्ध्वस्त केली।
Sūta (continued narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A montage of atrocities: looters carrying gold and grain, abductors dragging women and children, cattle driven away, orchards trampled, home-gardens ruined; villagers weep amid devastation.
FAQs
Violence that targets the vulnerable and livelihoods is profoundly adharmic; protection of people and sustenance is central to rājadharma.
None; the verse details societal devastation during invasion.
None.