Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
सुवर्णं रजतं चैव मणिमौक्तिकमेव च । स्त्रीरत्नं शोभनं यच्च तत्सर्वं कर्षते बलात्
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ caiva maṇimauktikameva ca | strīratnaṃ śobhanaṃ yacca tatsarvaṃ karṣate balāt
தங்கம், வெள்ளி, மணிமுத்துகள், மேலும் பெண்மணிகளின் அரிய ரத்தினச் செல்வம் எனப் பொலிவான எதுவாயினும்—அனைத்தையும் அவன் வலியால் இழுத்துச் செல்கிறான்.
Devas (collective petitioners; speaker not explicitly named in this verse)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An asuric figure or force sweeping through a ruined town, pulling away chests of gold, strings of pearls, and gemstones; women and families in the background protected by sages or fleeing toward a riverbank shrine.
FAQs
Adharma manifests as exploitation and plunder; dharma requires protection of beings and rightful order.
No tīrtha is praised directly; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame associated with the Revā/Narmadā region.
None; it is a moral and narrative description of oppression.
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