Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
रेरे मूर्ख दुराचार किं कर्तुं त्वं व्यवस्थितः । सर्वस्वं लोकनेत्राणामाहारं कर्तुमुद्यतः
rere mūrkha durācāra kiṃ kartuṃ tvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ | sarvasvaṃ lokanetrāṇāmāhāraṃ kartumudyataḥ
“ارے ارے، اے بدکردار احمق! تو کیا کرنے پر تُلا ہے؟ کیا تو دنیا کی آنکھوں کے خزانے—اس بے مثال حسن—کو نگلنے کے لیے آمادہ ہے؟”
Mādhava (continuing admonition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mādhava sharply rebukes the rākṣasa as a fool of wicked conduct, accusing him of preparing to devour the ‘treasure of the world’s eyes’; the maiden stands as the emblem of protected innocence.
FAQs
Adharma is exposed as both foolish and destructive; the righteous name it plainly and defend what is sacred and beautiful.
Not specified in this verse; the narrative belongs to the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
None.