Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
अथापश्यत्स वृद्धां स्त्रीं स्तोकसस्यसमन्विताम् । गच्छमानां तथा तेन श्रमेण महतान्विताम् । ततस्तत्सस्यमादाय वस्त्राणि च स निर्दयः । जगाम स्वगृहं हृष्टः पितृभ्यां च न्यवेदयत्
athāpaśyatsa vṛddhāṃ strīṃ stokasasyasamanvitām | gacchamānāṃ tathā tena śrameṇa mahatānvitām | tatastatsasyamādāya vastrāṇi ca sa nirdayaḥ | jagāma svagṛhaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ ca nyavedayat
پھر اس نے ایک بوڑھی عورت کو دیکھا جو تھوڑا سا اناج اٹھائے جا رہی تھی اور سخت تھکن سے نڈھال تھی۔ تب اس بے رحم نے اس کا اناج اور کپڑے چھین لیے، خوشی خوشی اپنے گھر گیا اور اپنے والدین کو خبر دی۔
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Scene: On a dusty path, an elderly woman stooped under a small sack of grain; Lohajaṅgha seizes the sack and her garments; her hands reach out in shock; he turns away with grim resolve that shifts into misguided relief as he heads home.
FAQs
Need does not sanctify cruelty: taking from the helpless is adharma and becomes the seed of further downfall until corrected by holy association.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the moral narrative that later connects to pilgrimage and sages.
None; the verse depicts wrongdoing (theft) rather than a rite.
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