Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67
अहो चित्रमहो दुःखमहो पापबलं महत् । अहो राज्ञः प्रभावोयं शिवाराधनसंभृतः
aho citramaho duḥkhamaho pāpabalaṃ mahat | aho rājñaḥ prabhāvoyaṃ śivārādhanasaṃbhṛtaḥ
آہ! کتنا عجیب! آہ! کتنا دکھ! آہ! گناہ کی طاقت کتنی عظیم ہے! آہ! یہ بادشاہ کی طاقت ہے، جو شیو کی عبادت کے ذریعے جمع کی گئی ہے۔
Narrator/character voice (lamenting observer; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A speaker exclaims repeatedly—strange, grievous, sinful power—marveling at a king’s might born of Śiva worship; emotional intensity and moral disquiet dominate.
FAQs
Power gained through devotion is real, but misused power entangled with pāpa becomes a cause of suffering—Purāṇic dharma demands righteousness alongside bhakti.
No specific site is named; the verse highlights Śiva-worship as a source of potency.
Only the general act of Śiva-ārādhana (worship of Śiva) is referenced, without a specific rite described.