Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
किमर्थं वरशापं तु तस्य दत्तं द्विजैः पुरा । सर्वं विस्तरतो ब्रूहि महान्मे संशयोऽत्र वै
kimarthaṃ varaśāpaṃ tu tasya dattaṃ dvijaiḥ purā | sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi mahānme saṃśayo'tra vai
لأيِّ سببٍ مُنِحَتْ له تلك النعمة وتلك اللعنة قديمًا على يد حكماء البراهمة من ذوي الميلادين؟ فحدِّثني بكل شيءٍ على التفصيل؛ فقد قام في نفسي هنا شكٌّ عظيم حقًّا.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A devotee/listener, troubled by doubt, respectfully questions the divine narrator about the ancient origin of a boon and curse connected to Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Scriptural practice is clarified through inquiry—asking for the ‘why’ deepens right observance (dharma).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the narrative turns to the origin-story behind its special ritual conditions.
None directly; it requests the detailed account that explains the earlier mention of doṣa and the vara/śāpa.