Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
स्वविष्ठापायिनी चाथ वल्गुली वृक्षलंबिनी । उलूकी वा दिवांधा स्याद्वृक्षकोटरवासिनी
svaviṣṭhāpāyinī cātha valgulī vṛkṣalaṃbinī | ulūkī vā divāṃdhā syādvṛkṣakoṭaravāsinī
பின்னர் அவள் தன் மலத்தையே உண்ணுபவளாகிறாள்; அல்லது மரங்களில் தொங்கும் வவ்வாலாகிறாள்; அல்லது பகலில் குருடான ஆந்தையாக மரக்குழிகளில் வாழ்கிறாள்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence of metamorphoses: a figure reduced to feeding on her own filth; then a bat hanging from a tree; then an owl, day-blind, living in a tree hollow—each as emblem of moral inversion.
FAQs
Sin is portrayed as dragging consciousness into increasingly impure and fearful forms of existence, urging self-restraint and dharma.
No specific tirtha is mentioned; this is a general karmic warning within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
None; it continues the description of karmic results.