Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
न चापत्यकृता प्रीतिः सर्वास्वेव भविष्यति । दह्यमाना दिवारात्रौ वंध्याशब्देन दुःखिताः
na cāpatyakṛtā prītiḥ sarvāsveva bhaviṣyati | dahyamānā divārātrau vaṃdhyāśabdena duḥkhitāḥ
«Et en aucune d’elles ne sera la joie qui naît d’avoir des enfants. Brûlant de chagrin jour et nuit, elles souffriront du nom infamant de “stérile”.»
Savitrī (the curse-content; deduced from immediate narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of women shown in quiet domestic spaces, faces downcast, day turning to night, the weight of the word 'vandhyā' depicted as a harsh whispering crowd; inner fire of grief symbolized by a dim ember near the heart.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma stresses the sanctity of harmony in sacred rites; violation brings social and domestic suffering as a moral consequence.
The teaching is narrated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, whose wider purpose is to magnify Prabhāsa as a purifying sacred landscape.
No direct prescription; the verse states the fruit of a curse (loss of apatyasukha—joy of progeny).