Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
धनदस्य हृतं चित्तं हृतः शक्रस्य वारणः । इन्द्राणीं वाञ्छते पापो हयरत्नं रवेरपि
dhanadasya hṛtaṃ cittaṃ hṛtaḥ śakrasya vāraṇaḥ | indrāṇīṃ vāñchate pāpo hayaratnaṃ raverapi
Dia merampas harta dan “hati” Dhanada (Kubera), serta menyita gajah Śakra. Si pendosa itu bahkan menginginkan Indrāṇī, dan juga kuda Surya yang bagaikan permata.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa secret tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Tāla-megha’s spree: stealing Kubera’s treasure/‘heart’, seizing Airāvata, coveting Indrāṇī, and taking the Sun’s jewel-like horse; montage of cosmic plunder.
FAQs
Unchecked power turns to greed and violation; the Purāṇas portray such acts as clear marks of pāpa that invite divine correction.
Not directly; it continues the backstory leading to the tīrtha’s founding and fame.
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