Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
पुनरेव हि सा स्नात्वा अविज्ञायात्मदुष्कृतम् । शापं दातुं समारब्धा गर्भकर्त्तरि दुःसहम्
punareva hi sā snātvā avijñāyātmaduṣkṛtam | śāpaṃ dātuṃ samārabdhā garbhakarttari duḥsaham
ثم إنها اغتسلت مرة أخرى، وهي لا تزال تجهل إساءتها هي، وشرعت تُنزل لعنةً مروّعة لا تُطاق على من تسبّب في ذلك الحمل.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa snāna-tīrtha (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a coastal ghat, the woman emerges from bathing, wet hair and garments, eyes blazing with resolve; she raises a hand as if to pronounce a curse, while the sacred waters glimmer behind her.
FAQs
Ritual purification without inner discernment can still lead to harmful speech; dharma requires both purity and right understanding.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where bathing and sacred settings frame moral turning-points in the narrative.
Snāna (bathing) is referenced as an act performed before a major moral action, reflecting Purāṇic emphasis on ritual purity.