Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94
साब्रवीच्च स्वभर्तारं गालवं मुनिसत्तमम् । एष शिष्यो दुराचारो हरते मामितः प्रभो
sābravīcca svabhartāraṃ gālavaṃ munisattamam | eṣa śiṣyo durācāro harate māmitaḥ prabho
सा अब्रवीच्च स्वभर्तारं गालवं मुनिसत्तमम्— “प्रभो, एष दुराचारः शिष्यः मामितो हरति।”
Gālava’s wife
Type: kshetra
Scene: A distressed woman calls out to the sage Gālava, pointing toward a wayward disciple who is forcibly leading her away; the setting hints at a forest-āśrama near a sacred water or shrine.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, one should promptly seek refuge in rightful authority and truthfully report wrongdoing.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is the dharmic crisis within the Tīrthamāhātmya story.
None; it is an appeal for protection within an āśrama context.
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