Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
चुकोप तेषां सुश्रोणी शशाप क्रोधितानना । स्त्रीलौल्येन दुराचारा नाशमेष्यथ गर्विणः
cukopa teṣāṃ suśroṇī śaśāpa krodhitānanā | strīlaulyena durācārā nāśameṣyatha garviṇaḥ
তেতিয়া সুশ্ৰোণী দেৱী তেওঁলোকৰ ওপৰত ক্ৰুদ্ধ হ’ল; ক্ৰোধে মুখ ৰঙা কৰি শাপ দিলে— “স্ত্ৰী-লৌল্যৰ বাবে, হে দুৰাচাৰী অহংকাৰীসকল, তোমালোক বিনাশলৈ যাবা।”
Narrator (reporting Devī’s curse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: The ascetics (ṛṣis) as recipients of the curse; Śiva as prior interlocutor
Scene: Girijā, described as fair-hipped, flares with righteous anger and pronounces a curse upon arrogant ascetics, condemning their woman-lust and predicting their ruin.
FAQs
Lust and arrogance corrupt religious life; unethical conduct leads to spiritual and social downfall.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting, underscoring that even in holy places conduct matters.
No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on ethical restraint (self-control) as dharma.