Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
प्रत्यहं नूतनामन्या नारीं भोक्तुमनाः सदा । आहृताः सर्वदेशेभ्यो नार्यो भृत्यैर्मदाज्ञया
pratyahaṃ nūtanāmanyā nārīṃ bhoktumanāḥ sadā | āhṛtāḥ sarvadeśebhyo nāryo bhṛtyairmadājñayā
ਮੈਂ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਇੱਕ ਨਵੀਂ ਔਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਭੋਗਣ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਸੀ। ਮੇਰੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੇਵਕ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਸਨ।
Rākṣasa
Scene: A royal court scene: servants receiving orders, messengers departing in multiple directions, maps/standards indicating many regions; the king’s face shows restless craving rather than joy.
FAQs
Exploitation driven by lust and authority is a grave adharma that binds one to intense suffering and karmic retribution.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a narrative of wrongdoing meant to warn against adharma.
None; the verse describes sinful action, not a rite.