Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
यस्मादतीव ते कांतं दृष्ट्वा रूपमिमाः स्त्रियः । क्षुब्धाः सर्वा यतस्तस्मात्कुष्ठरोगमवाप्नुहि
yasmādatīva te kāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpamimāḥ striyaḥ | kṣubdhāḥ sarvā yatastasmātkuṣṭharogamavāpnuhi
क्योंकि तुम्हारे अत्यन्त कान्तिमान रूप को देखकर ये सब स्त्रियाँ काम से क्षुब्ध हो उठीं; इसलिए, उसी कारण से तुम कुष्ठ-रोग को प्राप्त हो।
Kṛṣṇa (the curse directed to Sāmba; deduced from immediate narrative context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa pronounces the specific curse: because women were stirred by Sāmba’s beauty, he is to suffer leprosy—an austere moment where charm turns into affliction.
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Misuse of charm and the stirring of desire are treated as moral faults that bring painful consequences, urging restraint and accountability.
The later resolution occurs at Prabhāsa Kṣetra; this curse is the narrative cause for seeking that tīrtha’s purifying power.
None in this verse; it states the curse that will necessitate tapas and worship.
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