Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
एवं च बहुशः सोऽथ धर्मारण्याच्च दंपती । गृहीत्वा कुरुते पापं देवानामपि दुःसहम्
evaṃ ca bahuśaḥ so'tha dharmāraṇyācca daṃpatī | gṛhītvā kurute pāpaṃ devānāmapi duḥsaham
یوں وہ بار بار دھرماآرنّیہ سے بھی میاں بیوی کو پکڑ لیتا اور ایسا گناہ کرتا جو دیوتاؤں کے لیے بھی ناقابلِ برداشت تھا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dark figure repeatedly dragging frightened married couples from a sacred forest settlement; aghast devas in the sky avert their gaze; the dharma-forest’s serenity is ruptured.
FAQs
Violence against dharmic household life is portrayed as a grave sin that destabilizes even the divine order.
Dharmāraṇya is highlighted as a sacred domain whose residents and rites are worth divine concern and protection.
None; the verse emphasizes the severity of the transgression.