Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
सोऽशपत्कुपितोऽस्मासु ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियर्षभ । ग्राहभूता जले यूयं भविष्यथ शतं समाः
so'śapatkupito'smāsu brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha | grāhabhūtā jale yūyaṃ bhaviṣyatha śataṃ samāḥ
Oh toro entre los kṣatriyas, aquel brāhmaṇa, airado con nosotras, pronunció una maldición: «En las aguas os convertiréis en espíritus de cocodrilo, y así permaneceréis por cien años».
Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition addressing a royal listener)
Type: kund
Listener: Kṣatriya interlocutor addressed as ‘kṣatriyarṣabha’
Scene: The brāhmaṇa, now wrathful yet majestic, pronounces a curse; the women recoil as the vision of crocodile-spirits in water is foreshadowed—dark ripples, looming jaws, spectral forms.
FAQs
Disrespect and uncontrolled desire can invite swift karmic consequence; the brāhmaṇa’s tapas-backed speech is portrayed as spiritually potent.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral narrative within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context.
None in this verse; it focuses on curse-result (śāpa-phala) rather than a vrata or rite.