Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
अथ सा तं करे कृत्वा तस्या हारं प्रयच्छति । तावदन्या प्रजग्राह हारं शृंगारलालसा
atha sā taṃ kare kṛtvā tasyā hāraṃ prayacchati | tāvadanyā prajagrāha hāraṃ śṛṃgāralālasā
پھر اس نے وہ ہار اس کے ہاتھ میں رکھ کر پیش کر دیا؛ مگر اسی لمحے ایک اور عورت، جو آرائش کی خواہش میں بے قرار تھی، ہار کو جھپٹ کر لے گئی۔
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Listener: dvijoत्तama
Scene: A handoff frozen mid-motion: one woman offers the necklace into another’s palm; a third darts in, snatching it with eager eyes; Damayantī watches, inwardly steady.
FAQs
When desire dominates, even sacred giving can become a scene of grasping—warning against greed and impatience.
Not stated in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s ongoing Tīrthamāhātmya narration.
No formal rite; it narrates improper taking of a gift meant for another.