Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य ब्रह्मा लोक पितामहः । सावित्रीशापनिर्दग्धो ह्यवतीर्णो धरातले
kasyacittvatha kālasya brahmā loka pitāmahaḥ | sāvitrīśāpanirdagdho hyavatīrṇo dharātale
Puis, en un temps donné, Brahmā — l’aïeul des mondes —, brûlé par la malédiction de Savitrī, descendit sur la terre.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Brahmā, radiant yet afflicted by the heat of Savitrī’s curse, descends from the celestial realm to the earth; gods watch from above, the earth below shown as a sacred landscape awaiting consecration.
FAQs
Even cosmic authorities are bound by dharma and the moral force of vows and marital fidelity, as shown through the power of a righteous curse.
The verse introduces a cause for a sacred-geography episode; the exact tīrtha is clarified in the chapter’s broader context.
None directly; it narrates the karmic cause leading into māhātmya.