Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
दक्ष उवाच । मया शापहतः सोम त्रातुं शक्यो न दैवतैः । यद्यद्ब्रवीम्यहं सोम तत्तथेति न संशयः
dakṣa uvāca | mayā śāpahataḥ soma trātuṃ śakyo na daivataiḥ | yadyadbravīmyahaṃ soma tattatheti na saṃśayaḥ
दक्ष बोले—हे सोम! मेरे शाप से आहत तुम्हें देवता भी नहीं बचा सकते। पर हे सोम, मैं जो-जो कहूँगा, वह वैसा ही होगा—इसमें संशय नहीं।
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Dakṣa speaks with firm authority: the curse stands beyond even the gods’ power, yet he assures Soma that his forthcoming instruction will certainly manifest.
FAQs
Karmic and verbal decrees (śāpa) are portrayed as powerful; resolution lies not in worldly power but in the highest divine refuge.
The teaching unfolds within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where the ultimate remedy is connected to Śiva and the sacred place.
None directly; it prepares the instruction that only Śiva can truly grant deliverance.