Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
यत्पुनस्त्वं कृतस्तेन कामुकेन दुरात्मना । व्यर्थश्रमोऽप्रमाणीव कृतेऽस्माकं गतः स्वयम्
yatpunastvaṃ kṛtastena kāmukena durātmanā | vyarthaśramo'pramāṇīva kṛte'smākaṃ gataḥ svayam
‘மேலும் அந்த காமுகன், துராத்மன் காரணமாக, நீங்கள் எங்களுக்காகத் தானே முயன்றும், உங்கள் முயற்சி வீணானதுபோலும் உங்கள் ஆணை மதிக்கப்படாததுபோலும் ஆகிவிட்டது.’
The daughters of Dakṣa (contextual)
Scene: The daughters, now more forceful, gesture toward the absent Moon as they tell Dakṣa that his efforts have been rendered futile; Dakṣa’s face tightens, signaling the rise of righteous anger.
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When desire overrides dharmic instruction, even rightful authority is dishonored, and suffering follows as a karmic consequence.
This verse is narrative and does not name a tīrtha directly.
None; the focus is ethical breach and its social-spiritual fallout.
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