Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
जयदत्तेन देवेश प्रतिष्ठानाधिवासिना । इमां धर्मस्य भगवान्गिरमाकर्ण्य कोपितः । शशाप मां समानीय वेपमानं कृतांजलिम्
jayadattena deveśa pratiṣṭhānādhivāsinā | imāṃ dharmasya bhagavāngiramākarṇya kopitaḥ | śaśāpa māṃ samānīya vepamānaṃ kṛtāṃjalim
हे देवेश! प्रतिष्ठान-निवासी जयदत्त से धर्म का यह वचन सुनकर भगवान क्रोधित हो उठे; मुझे बुलाकर—काँपते हुए, हाथ जोड़कर खड़े—उन्होंने मुझे शाप दिया।
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa as per section convention)
Tirtha: Pratiṣṭhāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s frame (likely a sage/Skanda-related audience)
Scene: A stern Śiva, radiant and terrible, hears Jayadatta’s dharma-statement; the offender is summoned, trembling with añjali, as the curse is pronounced in a court-like sacred setting.
FAQs
When dharma is threatened, Śiva responds decisively; even divine functionaries must answer to the higher moral order.
Pratiṣṭhāna is named as Jayadatta’s abode, giving a sacred-geographic anchor within the Purāṇic narrative.
None; the verse is narrative, emphasizing reverence (añjali) and the gravity of dharma-violation.