लोहास्यवायसा येषां नेत्रोद्धारं प्रकुर्वते । एतैर्निरीक्षितान्येव कलत्राणि दुरात्मभिः
lohāsyavāyasā yeṣāṃ netroddhāraṃ prakurvate | etairnirīkṣitānyeva kalatrāṇi durātmabhiḥ
وہ بدباطن لوگ جنہوں نے دوسروں کی بیویوں پر گناہ آلود نگاہ ڈالی، لوہے کی چونچ والے کوّے بدلے میں ان کی آنکھیں نوچ لیتے ہیں۔
Unspecified (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator describing hellish consequences within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa witness
Scene: Wicked men who cast lustful eyes on others’ wives are shown restrained while iron-beaked crows violently tear out their eyes; the imagery focuses on the eyes as the instrument of sin and punishment.
Guarding the senses—especially the gaze—from lust and violation of marital dharma is essential; sinful intent brings karmic retribution.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a dharma-teaching pilgrimage landscape within the Skanda Purāṇa.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Māhātmya narrative.