Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
अथाऽसौ पार्थिवः सद्यो रौद्रास्यः समजायत । व्याघ्रो दशकरालश्च तीक्ष्णदन्तनखस्तथा । भक्षयामास तां सेनामात्मीयां क्रोधमूर्च्छितः
athā'sau pārthivaḥ sadyo raudrāsyaḥ samajāyata | vyāghro daśakarālaśca tīkṣṇadantanakhastathā | bhakṣayāmāsa tāṃ senāmātmīyāṃ krodhamūrcchitaḥ
अथ स पार्थिवः सद्यः रौद्रास्यः समजायत। व्याघ्रः दशकरालः तीक्ष्णदन्तनखस्तथा; क्रोधमूर्च्छितः स्वसैन्यं भक्षयामास॥
Pulastya
Scene: The king’s face contorts; his body transforms into a massive tiger with tenfold ferocity; in a frenzy he turns upon his own soldiers, who scatter in terror amid a chaotic camp.
FAQs
Unrighteous violence can turn inward: when dharma is breached, one’s power becomes self-destructive.
Arbuda Mountain is shown as a potent sacred zone where moral imbalance manifests as swift, visible transformation.
None; it narrates the curse’s fruition and the dramatic collapse of royal order.