Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
तस्मात्तस्य भवेत्पुत्रो दैवयोनिसमुद्भवः । न कथंचिदपि प्राज्ञ मम शापवशाद्ध्रुवम्
tasmāttasya bhavetputro daivayonisamudbhavaḥ | na kathaṃcidapi prājña mama śāpavaśāddhruvam
Deshalb wird ihm ein Sohn göttlichen Ursprungs geboren werden. O Weiser, aufgrund der Kraft meines Fluches ist dies gewiss und wird nicht anders geschehen.
Brāhmaṇa (father)
Listener: Prājña / putraka (addressed wise listener)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa declares an unavoidable outcome: a child of divine origin will be born; the air feels charged, as if the spoken word itself becomes fate.
FAQs
Puranic dharma treats speech-acts like curses as real moral forces; consequences unfold according to that declared order.
Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
None stated; this is a prophetic clarification about the outcome of a curse.