Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
ब्राह्मण्यं नष्टमभवद्वेतालस्त्वां ततोऽग्रहीत् । तेनाविष्टस्त्वमायातो विवशोऽत्र विमूढधीः
brāhmaṇyaṃ naṣṭamabhavadvetālastvāṃ tato'grahīt | tenāviṣṭastvamāyāto vivaśo'tra vimūḍhadhīḥ
“ความบริสุทธิ์แห่งพราหมณ์ของเจ้าสูญสิ้นไป แล้วเวตาลตนหนึ่งก็ฉุดคร่าเจ้า เมื่อถูกมันสิง เจ้าจึงมาถึงที่นี่อย่างไร้ทางต้าน ปัญญาก็หลงมัวสิ้นเชิง”
Dattātreya
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛs (frame implied)
Scene: Dattātreya explains that Durācāra’s brahminical purity was destroyed and a vetāla seized him; Durācāra appears shaken, as if emerging from a spell, while the sage remains steady and compassionate.
FAQs
Moral collapse can lead to spiritual vulnerability; delusion follows when dharma is abandoned.
Setukṣetra is the narrative locale; the next verses highlight Dhanuṣkoṭi as the place of release.
Not in this verse; it explains the condition (possession) that will be cured through tīrtha-snānā.
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