Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
रे भिक्षो भविता शापात्सर्वभक्षो ममाशु वै । अनेन रेतसा सद्यः पीडां प्राप्स्यसि सर्वतः
re bhikṣo bhavitā śāpātsarvabhakṣo mamāśu vai | anena retasā sadyaḥ pīḍāṃ prāpsyasi sarvataḥ
« Hé, mendiant ! Par ma malédiction, tu deviendras bientôt celui qui dévore tout. Et par cette semence, aussitôt tu souffriras d’affliction de toutes parts. »
Girijā (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close focus on Girijā’s commanding stance as she addresses the ‘beggar’; her words appear as fiery syllables; Agni’s form trembles, foreshadowing affliction.
FAQs
Actions bring inevitable consequence; even cosmic forces are shaped by moral law expressed through curse and boon.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting associates the episode with Kedāra’s sacred Śaiva geography, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.
None; the verse is etiological, explaining a divine condition rather than prescribing a practice.