Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
वह्निरुवाच । अभक्ष्यभक्षणे शक्रो मामिच्छति नियोजितुम् । तेनैव न करोत्येष वृष्टिं मर्त्त्ये सुरेश्वरः
vahniruvāca | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇe śakro māmicchati niyojitum | tenaiva na karotyeṣa vṛṣṭiṃ marttye sureśvaraḥ
Agni said: “Śakra wishes to employ me in consuming what ought not be consumed. For that very reason, this lord of the gods withholds rain from the realm of mortals.”
Agni (Vahni)
Tirtha: Arbuda-nirjhara
Type: kund
Scene: Agni speaks firmly, flames rising as if in indignation; Indra stands tense, devas watch anxiously; clouds above are withheld, the land below implied parched.
FAQs
Adharma (forcing the impure/forbidden) rebounds onto the world as disorder—ethical violations can manifest as ecological and social crisis.
No direct tirtha praise; the scene remains set near the Arbuda nirjhara where Agni explains the cause of drought.
Implicitly, it reinforces śuddhi rules: abhakṣya (forbidden items) should not be consumed or offered; otherwise cosmic harmony (including rain) is impaired.