Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
तदोवाच महातेजा रावणो लोकरावणः । मय्यश्रद्धान्वितो भूत्वा विषयात्मा सुदुर्मदः
tadovāca mahātejā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | mayyaśraddhānvito bhūtvā viṣayātmā sudurmadaḥ
तेव्हा महातेजस्वी, लोकांना भयभीत करणारा रावण, माझ्याविषयी अश्रद्ध होऊन, विषयासक्त व अत्यंत उन्मत्त होऊन बोलला।
Nandīśvara (describing Rāvaṇa’s disposition)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified
Scene: Rāvaṇa, blazing with power, speaks with contempt and arrogance; his posture and expression show a mind ruled by senses and pride, set against the stillness of the sacred mountains.
FAQs
Loss of śraddhā and domination by sense-craving breed pride, which leads to adharma and downfall.
Implicitly the Kedāra region; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kedārakhaṇḍa pilgrimage narrative.
None; it is an ethical characterization meant to instruct by contrast.