Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
राजानं राक्षसाकारं शापास्त्रेण जघान तम् । रेरे पार्थिव पापात्मंस्त्वया मे भक्षितः पतिः
rājānaṃ rākṣasākāraṃ śāpāstreṇa jaghāna tam | rere pārthiva pāpātmaṃstvayā me bhakṣitaḥ patiḥ
فلما رأتِ الملكَ قد تبدّل إلى هيئةٍ كهيئةِ الرّاكشَسا، صرعته بسلاحِ اللعنة. «ويحكَ أيها الملكُ الشقيّ، يا ذا النفسِ الآثمة—بسببك التُهِمَ زوجي!»
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator)
Scene: A grief-stricken brāhmaṇa-wife confronts a king in a rākṣasa-like form and strikes him with a curse-weapon; her face shows wrath and sorrow, while the king recoils in fear and shame.
FAQs
Adharma—especially violence and transgression against the innocent—invites immediate karmic retribution, and the power of a pativratā’s truth can act as a ‘curse-weapon’.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-narrative leading into later expiation themes.
None in this verse; it presents the moral cause (sin) that later necessitates expiation.