Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दृष्टा सा केनचि द्द्विजाः । तत्रस्था जारसंयुक्ता स्वभर्तुश्च निवेदिता
kasyacittvatha kālasya dṛṣṭā sā kenaci ddvijāḥ | tatrasthā jārasaṃyuktā svabhartuśca niveditā
Setelah beberapa waktu, seorang brāhmaṇa melihatnya di sana bersama kekasihnya, lalu menyampaikan perkara itu kepada suaminya.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: A Brahmin witness glimpses the lovers in the secluded place; the next vignette shows him informing the husband, setting the moral machinery in motion.
FAQs
Adharma tends toward exposure; society and conscience function as witnesses, bringing actions to consequence.
Not named in this verse; the tīrtha context is broader than this single narrative moment.
None; the verse advances the story toward a later ‘divine ordeal’ (divyagraha).