Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84
आस्यं दृष्ट्वा तु नारीणां पुनः कामेन पीडितः । गृहीत्वा हेमदण्डं तु तां पातयितुमिच्छति
āsyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu nārīṇāṃ punaḥ kāmena pīḍitaḥ | gṛhītvā hemadaṇḍaṃ tu tāṃ pātayitumicchati
عورتوں کے چہروں کو دیکھ کر وہ پھر خواہشِ نفس سے تڑپ اٹھا۔ سونے کا ڈنڈا پکڑ کر وہ اسے گرانا چاہتا تھا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Revā-tīra (vaṭa-sthala)
Type: ghat
Scene: The daitya, eyes inflamed with desire, grips a gleaming golden staff and advances to strike; the women’s faces are shown as luminous yet vulnerable, with the banyan and river as silent witnesses.
FAQs
Desire, when unchecked, can escalate into adharma and harm; the text implicitly praises restraint and righteousness.
Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region), where narratives dramatize dharma by showing the consequences of delusion.
No ritual prescription appears in this verse.