Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्मिञ्छासति लोकानां नासीत्सौख्यं कदाचन । परदार रुचिर्नित्यं महादण्डपरश्च सः
tasmiñchāsati lokānāṃ nāsītsaukhyaṃ kadācana | paradāra rucirnityaṃ mahādaṇḍaparaśca saḥ
त्याच्या राज्यात लोकांना कधीही सुख लाभले नाही. तो नेहमी परस्त्रीसक्त असे आणि कठोर दंड देण्यातच तत्पर असे।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A split tableau: on one side, oppressed citizens with downcast faces; on the other, the king pursuing another’s wife while guards wield rods—symbolizing lust and harsh punishment.
FAQs
A ruler’s adharma becomes public suffering; personal vice and cruelty in governance destroy collective well-being.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the background story leading to the tīrtha’s saving power.
None; it condemns immoral conduct (paradāra) and oppressive punishment.