Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
ततः पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च सहितोऽन्यैश्च बन्धुभिः । लोष्टैस्तं ताडयामास भर्त्समानो मुहुर्मुहुः
tataḥ putraiśca pautraiśca sahito'nyaiśca bandhubhiḥ | loṣṭaistaṃ tāḍayāmāsa bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ
پھر اپنے بیٹوں، پوتوں اور دوسرے رشتہ داروں کے ساتھ مل کر اس نے مٹی کے ڈھیلوں سے اسے مارنا شروع کیا اور بار بار اسے ملامت و سرزنش کرتا رہا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: A group—sons, grandsons, relatives—surrounds the victim, pelting and striking with clods while shouting insults; dust rises in the sacred precinct.
FAQs
When anger becomes collective, discernment collapses; Purāṇic dharma warns against impulsive condemnation without knowing the full truth.
Not specified directly in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
None.