Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
चुकोप तेषां सुश्रोणी शशाप क्रोधितानना । स्त्रीलौल्येन दुराचारा नाशमेष्यथ गर्विणः
cukopa teṣāṃ suśroṇī śaśāpa krodhitānanā | strīlaulyena durācārā nāśameṣyatha garviṇaḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះនាងសុស្រោណី (ចង្កេះស្រស់) ក៏ខឹងចំពោះពួកគេ; មុខព្រះនាងក្រហមដោយកំហឹង ហើយសាបថថា៖ «ដោយកាមលោភចំពោះស្ត្រី អ្នកប្រព្រឹត្តអាក្រក់ និងអួតអាងទាំងឡាយ នឹងទៅដល់វិនាស»។
Narrator (reporting Devī’s curse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: The ascetics (ṛṣis) as recipients of the curse; Śiva as prior interlocutor
Scene: Girijā, described as fair-hipped, flares with righteous anger and pronounces a curse upon arrogant ascetics, condemning their woman-lust and predicting their ruin.
FAQs
Lust and arrogance corrupt religious life; unethical conduct leads to spiritual and social downfall.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting, underscoring that even in holy places conduct matters.
No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on ethical restraint (self-control) as dharma.