Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
वसिष्ठं प्रार्थयामास कामधेनुमभीष्टदाम् । प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ठेन प्रचकर्ष च तां बलात्
vasiṣṭhaṃ prārthayāmāsa kāmadhenumabhīṣṭadām | pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena pracakarṣa ca tāṃ balāt
Suplicou a Vasiṣṭha por Kāmadhenū, a doadora dos dons desejados. Recusado por Vasiṣṭha, ainda assim a arrastou à força.
Sūta
Tirtha: वसिष्ठाश्रम
Type: kshetra
Listener: ब्राह्मण/ऋषिगण
Scene: विश्वामित्र वसिष्ठ से कामधेनु माँगता है; वसिष्ठ का निषेध; तत्पश्चात सैनिकों द्वारा गौ को बलात् खींचना—गौ का भय/वेदना, ऋषि का संयमित क्रोध।
FAQs
Desire for extraordinary power, when divorced from restraint and dharma, turns into coercion and becomes the seed of downfall.
No site is directly praised in this verse; it develops the moral and narrative background linked to Kapitīrtha’s māhātmya.
None; the verse narrates an adharma act (forcible seizure) as a cautionary turning point.
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