Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83
कपालघट्टनाद्रक्तं यत्संसक्तं मुखे तदा । जिह्वया लेलिहानोऽसौ मुहुस्तद्रक्तमा स्वदत्
kapālaghaṭṭanādraktaṃ yatsaṃsaktaṃ mukhe tadā | jihvayā lelihāno'sau muhustadraktamā svadat
จากการตีที่กะโหลกศีรษะ เลือดที่ติดอยู่บนใบหน้าของเขาในตอนนั้น—เขาใช้ลิ้นเลียมันซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าและลิ้มรสเลือดนั้นครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า
Narrator
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The youth’s face smeared with blood; he extends his tongue to lick it repeatedly, eyes glazed with craving; the pyre burns behind, casting a harsh red light; the scene is meant to repel and instruct.
FAQs
It portrays how contact with impurity can spiral into adharma; the narrative warns against moral and ritual degradation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is part of a śmaśāna-centered episode within the Setu Māhātmya.
None; the verse depicts prohibited, impure conduct to serve as a deterrent.