Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथासौ कोपसंयुक्तस्तस्या भर्ता सुनिष्ठुरैः । वाक्यैस्तां गर्हयामास प्रहारैश्चाप्य ताडयत्
athāsau kopasaṃyuktastasyā bhartā suniṣṭhuraiḥ | vākyaistāṃ garhayāmāsa prahāraiścāpya tāḍayat
Bấy giờ người chồng, bị cơn sân hận chi phối, đã mắng nhiếc nàng bằng lời lẽ hết sức cay nghiệt, lại còn đánh nàng bằng những đòn roi tàn nhẫn.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages
Scene: The husband, face contorted with rage, berates the woman with harsh words and raises his hand to strike; the scene is framed as a moral warning, not celebration—onlookers or the sacred backdrop heighten the tragedy.
FAQs
Anger (kopa) intensifies suffering and clouds discernment; dharma calls for restraint even amid betrayal.
Not stated in this verse; it is a narrative episode within the tīrtha-māhātmya section.
None.
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