Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
रेरे मूर्ख दुराचार किं कर्तुं त्वं व्यवस्थितः । सर्वस्वं लोकनेत्राणामाहारं कर्तुमुद्यतः
rere mūrkha durācāra kiṃ kartuṃ tvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ | sarvasvaṃ lokanetrāṇāmāhāraṃ kartumudyataḥ
“ஏ மூடனே, தீய நடத்தை உடையவனே! நீ என்ன செய்யத் துணிந்தாய்? உலகின் கண்களுக்கு அரிய செல்வமெனும் இவளையே விழுங்கத் தயாரானாயா?”
Mādhava (continuing admonition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mādhava sharply rebukes the rākṣasa as a fool of wicked conduct, accusing him of preparing to devour the ‘treasure of the world’s eyes’; the maiden stands as the emblem of protected innocence.
FAQs
Adharma is exposed as both foolish and destructive; the righteous name it plainly and defend what is sacred and beautiful.
Not specified in this verse; the narrative belongs to the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
None.
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