Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । पुरा शप्तो मुनीन्द्रेण दक्षेण किल भारत । असेवनाद्धि दाराणां क्षयरोगी भविष्यसि
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | purā śapto munīndreṇa dakṣeṇa kila bhārata | asevanāddhi dārāṇāṃ kṣayarogī bhaviṣyasi
ശ്രീമാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭാരതാ! പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് മുനീന്ദ്രനായ ദക്ഷൻ അവനെ ശപിച്ചു—‘ധർമ്മപത്നിമാരുടെ സഹവാസം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചതിനാൽ നീ ക്ഷയരോഗിയായി മാറും.’
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya narrates the ancient curse: Dakṣa, stern and radiant, pronounces a boon-like curse; Soma appears waning, pale, with a diminishing crescent, foreshadowing kṣaya-roga.
FAQs
Neglect of prescribed dharma, especially within household life, is portrayed as producing painful karmic consequences.
This verse sets up the Somnātha narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa; the tīrtha praise unfolds through the ensuing account.
No ritual is specified; it states a curse linked to neglect of marital duty.