Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
एकचित्ताभवत्सा तु शूलिकर्मविमोहिता । ततः सा मोहमापन्ना तत्तद्वाक्यपरायणा
ekacittābhavatsā tu śūlikarmavimohitā | tataḥ sā mohamāpannā tattadvākyaparāyaṇā
اس عمل کے فریب میں پڑ کر وہ یکسو ہو گئی۔ پھر وہ مزید فتنے میں مبتلا ہو کر اس کے ہر ہر قول کی پیروی میں لگ گئی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: The princess shown with intense, narrowed focus—eyes fixed, posture rigid—symbolizing ekacittatā turned into bondage; Indrasūri’s words visually represented as a spell-like thread; shadows suggest inner confusion.
FAQs
Loss of viveka (discernment) leads to moha; devotion to a person’s words without dhārmic examination becomes a cause of downfall.
Dharmāraṇya is the setting, but the verse itself is a moral-psychological description rather than tīrtha-praise.
None; it describes the mental state produced by misleading practice.