Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
कीर्तयिष्यामि वा नैव विद्यमानं द्विजोत्तमम् । शपिष्यति न संदेहः क्रुद्धा आशीविषोपमाः
kīrtayiṣyāmi vā naiva vidyamānaṃ dvijottamam | śapiṣyati na saṃdehaḥ kruddhā āśīviṣopamāḥ
„Wenn ich jedoch den hier anwesenden erhabenen Brāhmaṇa nicht benenne, dann werden — ohne Zweifel — jene Brāhmaṇas, zornig wie giftige Schlangen, mich verfluchen.“
Vahni (Agni) (inner deliberation reported in narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A worried ritual-officiant figure glances toward an assembly of stern brāhmaṇas; their anger is visualized as serpent-like potency, while the sacred precinct hints at a homa setting.
FAQs
It underscores the peril of uncontrolled anger and the karmic force of words, especially when spoken by those considered spiritually potent.
The immediate verse does not name the tīrtha; it is part of a kuṇḍa-centered tīrtha-māhātmya narration in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse; it continues the narrative dilemma that leads to a later bathing instruction.