Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
एवं ते निश्चयं कृत्वा शुचीभूय समाहिताः । यावद्यच्छंति तच्छापं ग्रहेभ्यः क्रोधमूर्छिताः
evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā śucībhūya samāhitāḥ | yāvadyacchaṃti tacchāpaṃ grahebhyaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ
Setelah demikian menetapkan tekad, menjadi suci dan tenang dalam pemusatan batin, para brahmana itu—diliputi amarah—hampir saja melemparkan kutuk kepada para graha.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmins freshly purified—wet hair, clean garments, sacred threads visible—standing in a focused posture, yet their faces show simmering anger as they prepare to utter a curse toward the heavens.
FAQs
Even the learned must restrain anger; rash speech such as cursing disrupts dharma and requires higher discernment.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; this specific line focuses on Graha-related affliction rather than naming a tīrtha in isolation.
No direct prescription here; it introduces the moment before a curse, which is later redirected toward corrective homa and graha-śānti.