Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67
शापाद्वेतालतां प्राप तत्कन्यास्पर्शपातकी । त्वं च शप्तः पुरा तेन तत्पापस्यानु मोदकः
śāpādvetālatāṃ prāpa tatkanyāsparśapātakī | tvaṃ ca śaptaḥ purā tena tatpāpasyānu modakaḥ
„Durch einen Fluch wurde er zum Vetāla, denn durch die Berührung jenes Mädchens fiel er in Sünde; und auch du wurdest einst von ihm verflucht, weil du jenes Unrecht gebilligt hast.“
Vijñaptikautuka (vidyādharapati)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sukarṇa (freed)
Scene: A cautionary recounting: the image of a cursed being as a vetāla (gaunt, liminal) contrasted with the speaker’s calm explanation; the moral weight is emphasized.
FAQs
Not only committing wrongdoing but even approving it (anumodana) is treated as karmically binding in Purāṇic ethics.
No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; the Setukhaṇḍa narrative uses the sacred setting to teach moral causality.
None; the verse explains the cause of a curse and the ethical fault behind it.