Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अथ दुर्वाससा शप्ता रुक्मिणी कृष्णवल्लभा । मूर्च्छनामाप तत्रैव ह्याजगाम पयोनिधिः
atha durvāsasā śaptā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā | mūrcchanāmāpa tatraiva hyājagāma payonidhiḥ
ثم إن رُكمِني، حبيبة كريشنا، وقد أصابتها لعنة دورفاساس، سقطت مغشيًّا عليها في الموضع نفسه؛ وفي تلك اللحظة عينها أقبل المحيط، سيّد المياه، إلى هناك.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Dvārakā Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-samudra-tīra (Dvārakā seashore)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rukmiṇī, Kṛṣṇa’s beloved, collapses from Durvāsas’ curse; at that instant the Ocean arrives as a personified lord of waters, approaching with solemn compassion.
FAQs
The verse highlights the moral gravity of saintly speech—Durvāsas’s curse bears immediate effect—while divine providence simultaneously arranges protection.
Dvārakā is the sacred setting, presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a revered divine city within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No ritual instruction is given in this verse.