Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । शप्ता सरस्वती कोपात्कृता रुधिरवाहिनी
kasyacittvatha kālasya viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā | śaptā sarasvatī kopātkṛtā rudhiravāhinī
Then, at a certain time, the wise Viśvāmitra—angered—cursed Sarasvatī, and she was made to flow as a stream of blood.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī (cursed segment)
Type: river
Scene: Viśvāmitra, blazing with ascetic power and anger, pronounces a curse; Sarasvatī’s waters darken and turn crimson like blood, with shocked sages and pilgrims on the bank, sky ominous yet mythic.
FAQs
Uncontrolled anger, even in powerful figures, can distort sacred order; purity of mind safeguards sacred places.
The Sarasvatī river as a tīrtha—its sanctity underscored by the dramatic consequence of a curse.
None stated; it introduces a crisis that typically motivates later purification, relocation, or remedial acts.
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