Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
युद्धवार्त्तास्तथा चक्रे देवासुरगणोद्भवाः । शृणोति च तथा नित्यं विलासेषु मनो दधे । अनुष्ठानं ततश्चक्रे मनोराज्यसमुद्भवम्
yuddhavārttāstathā cakre devāsuragaṇodbhavāḥ | śṛṇoti ca tathā nityaṃ vilāseṣu mano dadhe | anuṣṭhānaṃ tataścakre manorājyasamudbhavam
ती देव-असुरगणांपासून उद्भवलेल्या युद्धवार्ताही करू लागली. अशा कथा ती नित्य ऐके आणि राजसी विलासांत मन गुंतवी. मग त्या राजकल्पनांतून उद्भवलेले अनुष्ठान तिने केले।
Narrator (not explicitly named in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The woman listens daily to vivid accounts of divine and demonic battles; her imagination turns into a private ‘royal court’ of pleasures and imagined sovereignty; she begins observances driven by this fantasy.
FAQs
The mind’s repeated listening and fixation shapes conduct; desire-driven imagination can lead to misguided practices.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the continuing narrative within Tīrthamāhātmya.
It mentions anuṣṭhāna (observances) undertaken, but without specifying a particular vrata or mantra here.