Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
दक्ष उवाच । मया शापहतः सोम त्रातुं शक्यो न दैवतैः । यद्यद्ब्रवीम्यहं सोम तत्तथेति न संशयः
dakṣa uvāca | mayā śāpahataḥ soma trātuṃ śakyo na daivataiḥ | yadyadbravīmyahaṃ soma tattatheti na saṃśayaḥ
قال دكشا: «يا سوما، وقد أصابتك لعنتي، فلن تقدر الآلهة أنفسهم على إنقاذك. ولكن يا سوما، أيّ شيء أقوله لك فاعلم أنه سيكون كذلك حقًّا، لا شكّ فيه».
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Dakṣa speaks with firm authority: the curse stands beyond even the gods’ power, yet he assures Soma that his forthcoming instruction will certainly manifest.
FAQs
Karmic and verbal decrees (śāpa) are portrayed as powerful; resolution lies not in worldly power but in the highest divine refuge.
The teaching unfolds within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where the ultimate remedy is connected to Śiva and the sacred place.
None directly; it prepares the instruction that only Śiva can truly grant deliverance.