Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111
भाव्यमेतच्च भाव्यर्थात्को हि पावक मुच्यते । भाव्यर्थेनापि यत्ते च परदारोप सेवनम्
bhāvyametacca bhāvyarthātko hi pāvaka mucyate | bhāvyarthenāpi yatte ca paradāropa sevanam
“This was destined, and for the sake of what must come to pass—who, O Pāvaka, can escape destiny? Yet even so, your resorting to another’s wife is a fault.”
Khecarī Vāṇī (celestial voice) addressing Pāvaka (Agni)
Listener: Pāvaka (Agni)
Scene: A disembodied celestial admonition addresses Agni: half the sky serene (acceptance of destiny), half stern (naming the fault of paradāra-sevana). Agni listens, chastened.
FAQs
Destiny may frame events, but dharma still judges choices—paradāra-sevana remains blameworthy even when a larger purpose is involved.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a dharmic admonition within the narrative.
None explicitly; the verse functions as ethical instruction (nīti/dharma) rather than ritual guidance.