Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
ततः काष्ठप्रहारोघैर्हत्वा तां पतितां क्षितौ । मृतामिति परिज्ञाय स क्रोधपरिवारितः
tataḥ kāṣṭhaprahāroghairhatvā tāṃ patitāṃ kṣitau | mṛtāmiti parijñāya sa krodhaparivāritaḥ
ततः स काष्ठप्रहाराणां प्रवाहैस्तां भूमौ पतितां निहत्य, मृतामिति निश्चित्य क्रोधावृत एव तस्थौ।
Narrator (purāṇic narrative voice)
Scene: A fallen woman on the earth; a furious man raining blows with a wooden staff; dust rising; onlookers recoiling; the killer pauses, realizing death, still wrapped in rage.
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Uncontrolled anger compounds tragedy; Purāṇic narratives warn that krodha can drive further adharma even amid perceived justice.
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