Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
एतेनापि च षंढेन न च भद्रमनुष्ठितम् । यत्कुब्जोऽयं हतो मूर्ध्नि याचितुं समु पस्थितः
etenāpi ca ṣaṃḍhena na ca bhadramanuṣṭhitam | yatkubjo'yaṃ hato mūrdhni yācituṃ samu pasthitaḥ
“ఇంకా ఈ షంఢుడూ ఏ శుభకార్యమూ చేయలేదు; ఎందుకంటే యాచించడానికి వచ్చిన ఈ కుబ్జుని తలపై కొట్టివేశారు.”
Puṣpa (continuing)
Scene: A hunchback beggar lies injured, struck on the head; the disguised accuser denounces the act, while onlookers react with alarm and confusion.
FAQs
Even amid suspicion, harming a supplicant is portrayed as inauspicious—dharma demands restraint and right discernment.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None directly; the focus is moral evaluation of conduct.
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