Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
गृध्रेणेवाऽधुना व्योम्नि तस्माद्गध्रो भव द्रुतम् । अनिच्छंती मदीयेयं सुता बाला तपस्विनी
gṛdhreṇevā'dhunā vyomni tasmādgadhro bhava drutam | anicchaṃtī madīyeyaṃ sutā bālā tapasvinī
„Wie ein Geier sie jetzt durch den Himmel trägt, so werde auch du sogleich ein Geier! Diese meine Tochter—wider ihren Willen, jung und asketisch—ist fortgeführt worden.“
Agniveśya
Scene: A distressed father points to the sky where a vulture-like figure carries away a young ascetic girl; the command to transform into a vulture is uttered in wrath, with the forest-āśrama below.
FAQs
Austerity-backed speech (śāpa) is shown as morally enforced justice when dharma is violated.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative turning point explaining a curse and transformation.
None.