Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
किमिदं युज्यते कर्तुं त्वया रात्रिपतेऽधम । कर्म मूढ सतां बाह्य धर्मशास्त्रविगर्हितम्
kimidaṃ yujyate kartuṃ tvayā rātripate'dhama | karma mūḍha satāṃ bāhya dharmaśāstravigarhitam
اے رات کے سردار، اے کمینہ! تجھے یہ کرنا کیسے زیب دیتا ہے؟ اے گمراہ، یہ عمل نیکوں کے طریقے سے باہر ہے اور دھرم شاستروں میں مذموم ہے۔
Dakṣa (addressing Chandra/Soma)
Scene: Dakṣa rebukes the Moon (‘Lord of Night’) with stern, didactic authority; the Moon stands confronted, luminous yet chastened, in a court-like setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is measured against śāstric standards; actions that harm others and violate prescribed duty are to be rejected.
No site is named in this verse; it is a moral admonition within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya context.
No ritual is prescribed; it appeals to Dharmaśāstra as normative guidance.