Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
आत्मीयं कुत्सितं तेषां मणिभद्रवधो यथा । विहितो विहिता पत्नी तस्य व्याजेन कृत्स्नशः
ātmīyaṃ kutsitaṃ teṣāṃ maṇibhadravadho yathā | vihito vihitā patnī tasya vyājena kṛtsnaśaḥ
သူသည် သူတို့၏ ကိုယ်ပိုင် အရှက်ရဖွယ် အကြောင်းအရာကို အပြည့်အစုံ ပြောပြလေ၏—မဏိဘဒ္ရကို သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း မည်သို့ စီမံဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသနည်း၊ ထို့ပြင် လှည့်ကွက်တစ်ရပ်ဖြင့် သူ့အတွက် ဇနီးတစ်ဦးကို မည်သို့ စီစဉ်ပေးခဲ့သနည်း ဟူသမျှကို။
Sūta (reporting Puṣpa’s narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (embedded audience) / Ṛṣis (frame audience)
Scene: Puṣpa recounts a shameful episode: the contrived circumstances leading to Maṇibhadra’s slaying and the arrangement of a wife through pretext; the brāhmaṇas listen with growing severity.
FAQs
Hidden wrongdoing and deceit are exposed in sacred narration to warn that adharma ultimately becomes known and judged.
The passage remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting, though this verse focuses on the story’s moral thread.
None; it summarizes the content of Puṣpa’s account.