Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
प्रभुक्ता बहुभिः पूर्वं तथा गोपकुमारिका । एषा प्राप्ता सुपापाढ्या वेश्याजनशताधिका
prabhuktā bahubhiḥ pūrvaṃ tathā gopakumārikā | eṣā prāptā supāpāḍhyā veśyājanaśatādhikā
ఈ గోపకుమారికను పూర్వం అనేకులు భోగించారు; ఆమె మహాపాపభారంతో ఇక్కడికి వచ్చింది—వందల వేశ్యలకన్నా అధికంగా।
Unspecified (polemical/admonitory dialogue voice; exact attribution not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A charged courtroom-like gathering near a sacred place: the speaker points accusingly at a cowherd girl; the girl stands distressed; elders and priests look conflicted, highlighting moral tension.
FAQs
It portrays severe moral censure of sexual misconduct and frames it as generating heavy pāpa (demerit).
Not specified in the provided verse; it reads as part of a narrative episode within Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it is descriptive condemnation rather than a rite.