Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
लोमश उवाच । आसीत्पुरा महारौद्रश्चडोनाम दुरात्मवान् । क्रूरसंगो निष्कृतिको भूतानां भयवाहकः
lomaśa uvāca | āsītpurā mahāraudraścaḍonāma durātmavān | krūrasaṃgo niṣkṛtiko bhūtānāṃ bhayavāhakaḥ
लोमश म्हणाले—पूर्वी चड नावाचा एक दुरात्मा, अत्यंत रौद्र स्वभावाचा होता। तो क्रूर संगतीचा, प्रायश्चित्त न मानणारा, आणि प्राण्यांना भय देणारा होता।
Lomaśa
Tirtha: Kedāra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ (including Śaunaka)
Scene: Lomaśa begins: a terrifying man named Caḍa—violent, cruelly associated, rejecting atonement—spreads fear among beings; the scene is dark, forested, with frightened animals and villagers.
FAQs
Pāpa begins with inner corruption and cruel association; purāṇic dharma highlights how such a life becomes fear itself for others.
Kedāra sacred territory is the narrative setting; the site’s power will be shown by transforming even such a sinner through contact with Śiva.
None directly; the verse characterizes the sinner whose later unintended worship becomes significant.