Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
पुरस्ताद्यायजूकेन स्मरंस्तच्च बिभेमि ते । दग्धस्त्वयाहं पृष्ठेत्र व्रणान्येतानि पश्य मे
purastādyāyajūkena smaraṃstacca bibhemi te | dagdhastvayāhaṃ pṛṣṭhetra vraṇānyetāni paśya me
നീ മുമ്പ് ചെയ്ത ആ യജ്ഞകർമ്മം ഓർത്താൽ ഞാൻ ഇന്നും ഭയപ്പെടുന്നു. നീ എന്റെ പുറത്ത് എന്നെ ദഹിപ്പിച്ചു—എന്റെ ഈ വ്രണങ്ങൾ നോക്കുക.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa)
Listener: Indradyumna (king)
Scene: A wounded being shows burn-marks on the back to King Indradyumna, recalling an earlier rite; the mood is plaintive and admonitory, with ritual implements faintly visible in the background.
FAQs
Actions—even those connected with ritual—leave consequences; dharma requires care, restraint, and accountability.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it focuses on a remembered ritual episode.
No direct prescription; it alludes to a prior yajña and the effects of sacrificial fire.