Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
अन्याश्चान्याकरे कृत्वा भूषणं सुमनोहरम् । बलादाकृष्य जग्राह धर्षयित्वा ततः परम्
anyāścānyākare kṛtvā bhūṣaṇaṃ sumanoharam | balādākṛṣya jagrāha dharṣayitvā tataḥ param
اور ایک اور عورت نے اسے دوسری کے ہاتھ میں رکھ کر—وہ نہایت دلکش زیور—پھر زور سے کھینچ کر چھین لیا اور اس کے بعد مزید بے حرمتی بھی کی۔
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Listener: dvijoत्तama
Scene: A tense moment: one woman forcibly pulls an ornament away from another’s hand; faces show shock and aggression; Damayantī remains a calm witness, highlighting moral contrast.
FAQs
Grasping turns into adharma when it becomes forceful; the verse condemns coercion and disrespect in pursuit of objects.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as a narrative warning inside the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it depicts wrongdoing (forcible taking) rather than a prescribed rite.