Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
रुमायां वसताऽनेन हतागौरेकवार्षिकी । एकदा दृढदंडेन लिहंती लवणं मृता
rumāyāṃ vasatā'nena hatāgaurekavārṣikī | ekadā dṛḍhadaṃḍena lihaṃtī lavaṇaṃ mṛtā
رُما میں رہتے ہوئے اس نے ایک سال کی گائے کو مار ڈالا؛ ایک دن جب وہ نمک چاٹ رہی تھی تو سخت لاٹھی کے وار سے وہ مر گئی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Rumā (as narrative locale)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A young cow licking salt near a dwelling; the man strikes with a hard staff; the calf collapses—an image of sudden cruelty and immediate karmic weight.
FAQs
It presents violence—especially the grievous sin of harming a cow—as a grave breach of dharma with heavy karmic consequence.
The verse names Rumā as the locale of the act; the chapter overall sits within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered sacred geography.
None explicitly; the verse narrates a specific sinful act (go-hatyā).