Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
किमेतद्युज्यते तेषां वासिष्ठानां दुरात्मनाम् । शापं ददुः स्वयाज्यस्य विशेषाद्विनतस्य च
kimetadyujyate teṣāṃ vāsiṣṭhānāṃ durātmanām | śāpaṃ daduḥ svayājyasya viśeṣādvinatasya ca
“ಆ ದುರುದ್ದೇಶದ ವಾಸಿಷ್ಠರು ಶಾಪ ನೀಡುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ ಯುಕ್ತ? ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವಿನೀತನಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತನಾದವನ ಮೇಲೆ?”
The king’s son and/or attendants/ministers (questioning the curse)
Scene: A grieving speaker questions the fairness of the Vāsiṣṭhas’ curse; the king remains humble, hands lowered, while brahmin youths appear stern, embodying austere power.
FAQs
Even when events seem unfair, Purāṇic narratives emphasize the inevitability of karmic unfolding and the need to seek sacred resolution.
Not named in this verse.
Only a reference to honoring sacrificial/worship duties (yājya); no explicit vrata, snāna, or dāna is prescribed here.
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