Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
संपूजयसि चौर्येण तेन प्राणान्हराम्यहम् । एवमुक्त्वाथ खड्गेन तं जघान स दैत्यपः
saṃpūjayasi cauryeṇa tena prāṇānharāmyaham | evamuktvātha khaḍgena taṃ jaghāna sa daityapaḥ
"تو چوری چھپے عبادت کرتا ہے؛ اس لیے میں تیری جان لے لوں گا۔" یہ کہہ کر اس دیتیا راجہ نے تلوار سے اس پر وار کیا۔
Vṛka (contextual, addressing Sāṃkṛti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ
Scene: The attacker, calling the worship ‘theft’, raises a sword to kill; the devotee remains steady, suggesting imminent miracle.
FAQs
Adharma multiplies: theft and violent intent together deepen bondage; attacking the righteous rebounds upon the aggressor.
The episode belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the site name is not contained in this verse.
None; it is narrative description of wrongdoing.