Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
राजोवाच । भीमभीम ध्रुवं देवी कुपिता ते महेश्वरी । तेन नष्टे चक्षुषी ते महासाहसवल्लभ
rājovāca | bhīmabhīma dhruvaṃ devī kupitā te maheśvarī | tena naṣṭe cakṣuṣī te mahāsāhasavallabha
Nhà vua nói: Hỡi Bhīma đáng sợ, quả thật Nữ Thần Maheśvarī đang nổi giận với ngươi. Vì thế đôi mắt ngươi đã bị hủy hoại, hỡi kẻ yêu chuộng sự gan dạ lớn lao.
The King (addressed as Dharmarāja in prior verse)
Listener: Bhīma
Scene: A king admonishes Bhīma: the wrath of Maheśvarī has blinded him; Bhīma stands afflicted, eyes ruined, surrounded by attendants in a courtly setting.
FAQs
Reverence to the Divine Mother is essential; disrespect leads to spiritual and worldly suffering.
No tīrtha is identified in this verse; it centers on Maheśvarī and moral causality.
No ritual here; it diagnoses the cause of the affliction as the Goddess’s displeasure.