Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
एतस्मात्कारणान्माता मया ते पुत्र सा शिला । विहिता न हि तस्याश्च विशुद्धिस्तु कथञ्चन
etasmātkāraṇānmātā mayā te putra sā śilā | vihitā na hi tasyāśca viśuddhistu kathañcana
Aus eben diesem Grund, o Sohn, habe ich bestimmt, dass deine Mutter zu jenem Stein wird; denn für sie gibt es keinerlei Reinigung, auf gar keinen Fall.
Gautama
Type: kshetra
Listener: पुत्र (son)
Scene: A father/authority figure addresses a son, declaring the mother’s fate: she is ordained to become a stone; the moment is solemn, with the stone form implied as a future landmark.
FAQs
It frames wrongdoing as having grave consequences within the story-world, where dharma is enforced through irreversible narrative judgment.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the surrounding tīrtha-māhātmya narrative context.
None; the verse states a decree/consequence rather than a rite.