Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
ऋषय ऊचुः । केन कर्मविपाकेन संजाता विषकन्यका । स्वकुलोच्छेदनकरी सर्वं सूत ब्रवीहि नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kena karmavipākena saṃjātā viṣakanyakā | svakulocchedanakarī sarvaṃ sūta bravīhi naḥ
Les sages dirent : «Par la maturation de quel karma est née cette jeune fille de poison, qui détruit sa propre lignée ? Dis-nous tout, ô Sūta.»
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, palms joined, questioning Sūta; the atmosphere is contemplative, with a manuscript stand and sacrificial fire, indicating transmission of karmic knowledge.
FAQs
It models dhārmic inquiry: sages seek the karmic cause behind suffering, affirming moral causality in Purāṇic thought.
The verse is a narrative question within Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha itself is described in subsequent verses of the same adhyāya.
None here; it is a request for explanation, not a rite.