Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
आधायांके त्रिशूलं स्वे सुष्वापेति प्रलप्य सः । नरमांसवसास्वाद प्रमत्तो वीतसाध्वसः
ādhāyāṃke triśūlaṃ sve suṣvāpeti pralapya saḥ | naramāṃsavasāsvāda pramatto vītasādhvasaḥ
स्वतःच्या मांडीवर त्रिशूल ठेवून तो बडबडत झोपून गेला—नरमांस व वसेच्या स्वादाने मत्त, निर्भय व निःशंक।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fearsome figure rests with a trident on his lap, muttering and collapsing into sleep, drunk on the taste of human flesh and fat; the atmosphere is ominous and morally dark.
FAQs
Adharma is portrayed as delusion and heedlessness; moral disorder makes one vulnerable to downfall.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa story sequence set in the Kāśī sacred world.
None.