Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । सत्यं राजंस्त्वया पृष्टमेतत्सर्वं वदामि ते । दक्षेण तु पुरा शप्तो नारदो मुनिसत्तमः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | satyaṃ rājaṃstvayā pṛṣṭametatsarvaṃ vadāmi te | dakṣeṇa tu purā śapto nārado munisattamaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “Indeed, O king, your question is proper. I shall tell you all of it. Long ago, the foremost sage Nārada was cursed by Dakṣa.”
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Listener: Ugrasena
Scene: Kṛṣṇa begins a calm explanation to Ugrasena, with a subtle flashback motif: Dakṣa as a stern Prajāpati pronouncing a curse upon Nārada, who stands composed with vīṇā, accepting the cosmic consequence.
FAQs
Purāṇas frame behavior through karmic narratives—events often arise from prior boons and curses, teaching moral causality.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the backstory (śāpa-kathā).
None; it is a doctrinal explanation beginning.