Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99
प्रतिज्ञां कुरुते यत्र स्थितः स्थाणुरिवाचलः । हंतारो ये मम पितुस्तान्हनिष्यामि चारणात्
pratijñāṃ kurute yatra sthitaḥ sthāṇurivācalaḥ | haṃtāro ye mama pitustānhaniṣyāmi cāraṇāt
সেই ঠাইত পৰ্বতৰ ওপৰত স্তম্ভৰ দৰে অচল হৈ থিয় দি তেওঁ প্ৰতিজ্ঞা কৰিলে—“যিসকলে মোৰ পিতাক বধ কৰিলে, তেওঁলোকক মই নিশ্চয়েই, একো নাছাড়ি, বধ কৰিম।”
Narrator (reporting Pippalāda’s vow)
Tirtha: Tuhinācala
Type: peak
Scene: On a snowy ridge, the figure stands rigid as a pillar, eyes fixed, making a fierce vow to slay his father’s killers.
FAQs
A vow (pratijñā) has karmic weight; when rooted in anger it can propel one toward adharma and suffering.
The immediate setting is Himācala/Tuhinācala within the larger Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya storyline.
None; it records a personal vow rather than a dhārmic rite.