Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
नोढा विधे वृथा मुण्ड नूनं धूर्तोऽसि मे मतः । यत्त्वया शौचसंत्यक्ता कन्याभावप्रदूषिता
noḍhā vidhe vṛthā muṇḍa nūnaṃ dhūrto'si me mataḥ | yattvayā śaucasaṃtyaktā kanyābhāvapradūṣitā
اے سر منڈے ہوئے شخص! میری نظر میں تم یقیناً دھوکے باز ہو، کیونکہ تم نے اس کی پاکیزگی ختم کر دی اور اس کے کنوارے پن کو داغدار کر دیا۔
Unspecified (dialogue voice rebuking a man; exact attribution not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A confrontational moment: an agitated speaker rebukes a shaven-headed ascetic/ritualist figure, accusing him of deceit and of causing a woman to abandon purity; bystanders look shocked.
FAQs
It condemns deceit and the violation of moral purity, stressing accountability for harming another’s dignity.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse; it is part of a narrative rebuke within the chapter.
None; it is an ethical accusation rather than a ritual instruction.