Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तमुवाचाभिशप्तं चाप्यनाथं च सुरेश्वरः । कर्मणा केन शापस्य घोरस्यान्तो भविष्यति
tamuvācābhiśaptaṃ cāpyanāthaṃ ca sureśvaraḥ | karmaṇā kena śāpasya ghorasyānto bhaviṣyati
ശപിക്കപ്പെട്ടും അനാഥനുമായ അവനോട് സുരേശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—‘ഏത് കർമം കൊണ്ടാണ് ഈ ഘോരശാപത്തിന് അന്ത്യം വരിക?’
Indra (Sureśvara) as quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Indra addresses the helpless cursed figure with a composed, instructive gesture—hand raised in teaching mudrā; the supplicant looks up with hope and fear.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma frames suffering as karmically conditioned and resolvable through appropriate, dharmic action.
Not yet; the narrative is moving toward a remedy that will connect to the Revā/Narmadā region.
The question of the remedy is posed; the specific act is given in the next verse.