Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
एवं शप्त्वा च तं शक्रं ततोऽहिल्यामुवाच सः । कोपसंरक्तनेत्रस्तु भर्त्सयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः
evaṃ śaptvā ca taṃ śakraṃ tato'hilyāmuvāca saḥ | kopasaṃraktanetrastu bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ
یوں شکر (اِندر) کو شاپ دے کر اُس نے پھر اہلیہ سے کہا؛ غضب سے سرخ آنکھوں کے ساتھ وہ بار بار اسے ملامت اور سرزنش کرتا رہا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; reporting Gautama’s actions)
Scene: Gautama (or the offended ṛṣi) stands in ascetic fury, eyes reddened, having cursed Śakra; he turns to Ahalyā and rebukes her repeatedly; forest-āśrama setting with sacrificial implements and hermitage huts.
FAQs
Dharma narratives hold all parties accountable; correction and censure are portrayed as instruments to restore moral order.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the moral backstory used within the tīrtha-oriented chapter.
None.