Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44
स्वैरिणीं त्वां प्रपश्यामि राक्षसी तस्करी नु किम् । एवमुक्त्वा क्षणं मोहात्क्रन्दमानो मुहुर्मुहुः
svairiṇīṃ tvāṃ prapaśyāmi rākṣasī taskarī nu kim | evamuktvā kṣaṇaṃ mohātkrandamāno muhurmuhuḥ
میں تجھے ایک آوارہ عورت کی طرح دیکھتا ہوں—کیا تو راکشسی ہے یا شاید چورنی؟ یہ کہہ کر، ایک لمحہ فریبِ وہم میں ڈوب کر، وہ بار بار روتا رہا۔
Impalement-suffering brāhmaṇa/ṛṣi (husband, implied)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra ambience (unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A man, eyes wide, points accusingly at a lone woman in the night; his body shakes as he breaks into repeated sobs; the woman stands composed, shadowed by moonlight.
FAQs
Delusion can distort perception and speech; dharma calls for restraint and truth, especially when one is overwhelmed by pain.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it serves the moral drama within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None; the verse focuses on inner states (moha, grief) and the ethical consequences of accusatory speech.