Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
हरिणा तु समाख्यातं लक्ष्म्याः शापस्य कारणम् । युवतीनां च सर्वासां शापस्तासां पृथक्पृथक्
hariṇā tu samākhyātaṃ lakṣmyāḥ śāpasya kāraṇam | yuvatīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ śāpastāsāṃ pṛthakpṛthak
« Alors Hari exposa la cause de la malédiction de Lakṣmī, et raconta aussi les diverses malédictions, chacune distincte, qui s’abattirent sur toutes ces jeunes femmes, chacune à sa manière. »
Narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual; likely Sūta relating the account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hari (Viṣṇu) in calm teaching posture explains to an attentive audience the origin of Lakṣmī’s curse and the distinct curses of various young women; the women appear in separate vignettes, each marked by a different symbolic sign of her particular śāpa.
FAQs
Paurāṇic narratives often explain present conditions through moral causality (śāpa and its reasons).
The account is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking the story to Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape.
None in this verse; it introduces an explanatory narrative about curses.