Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
कः शापो दीयते तुभ्यं शापोयमयमेव ते । ततो विमृश्य भूयोऽहब्रवं किमहंद्विज
kaḥ śāpo dīyate tubhyaṃ śāpoyamayameva te | tato vimṛśya bhūyo'habravaṃ kimahaṃdvija
«Quelle “malédiction” te serait donnée ? Ceci même est ta propre malédiction. Puis, après avoir de nouveau réfléchi, je dis : “Qu’ai-je fait, ô deux-fois-né ?”»
Hārīta (continuing)
Listener: Hārīta (immediate) and the addressed ‘dvija’ in the self-questioning line
Scene: The narrator’s anger collapses into self-questioning; he lowers his head, hands loosen, eyes soften; Hārīta stands calm, the atmosphere shifts from heat to clarity.
FAQs
A curse born of passion becomes the speaker’s own burden; dharma begins with inner reflection.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is on ethical causality.
None; it is a reflective teaching rather than a ritual injunction.