Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
आधायांके त्रिशूलं स्वे सुष्वापेति प्रलप्य सः । नरमांसवसास्वाद प्रमत्तो वीतसाध्वसः
ādhāyāṃke triśūlaṃ sve suṣvāpeti pralapya saḥ | naramāṃsavasāsvāda pramatto vītasādhvasaḥ
اس نے اپنا ترشول گود میں رکھ لیا؛ یوں بڑبڑاتا ہوا سو گیا—انسانی گوشت اور چربی کے ذائقے سے مدہوش، بےپروا اور بےخوف۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fearsome figure rests with a trident on his lap, muttering and collapsing into sleep, drunk on the taste of human flesh and fat; the atmosphere is ominous and morally dark.
FAQs
Adharma is portrayed as delusion and heedlessness; moral disorder makes one vulnerable to downfall.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa story sequence set in the Kāśī sacred world.
None.