Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27
ततोऽवधिं कल्पयामि शापस्यास्य तवाधुना । मर्त्यभावं समापन्नः सहालंबुसयाऽनया
tato'vadhiṃ kalpayāmi śāpasyāsya tavādhunā | martyabhāvaṃ samāpannaḥ sahālaṃbusayā'nayā
«C’est pourquoi, à présent, je fixe une limite à cette malédiction qui est tienne : étant entré dans la condition mortelle, avec cette Alambusā…».
Brahmā
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Implied) audience
Scene: Brahmā declares the limit (avadhi) of the curse; a visionary hint of Vidhūma and Alambusā descending toward earth, with a horizon suggesting sea-bridge/threshold.
FAQs
Mercy works as a measured mitigation—setting boundaries to suffering—while allowing karmic fruition to complete its course.
Not directly; the verse continues a moral-etiological narrative within the Setukhaṇḍa frame.
None.