Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिः प्रायाद्गृहीत्वा निजकन्यकाम् । अखण्डशीलां स्वावासमहं गृध्रोऽभवं तदा
ityuktvā sa muniḥ prāyādgṛhītvā nijakanyakām | akhaṇḍaśīlāṃ svāvāsamahaṃ gṛdhro'bhavaṃ tadā
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ആ മുനി തന്റെ അഖണ്ഡശീലമുള്ള പുത്രിയെ കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട് സ്വന്തം ആശ്രമത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; അതേ നിമിഷം ഞാൻ ഗൃധ്രനായി മാറി.
Narrator
Listener: Indradyumna (contextually)
Scene: A sage departs with his daughter of unbroken chastity; in the same moment, the narrator undergoes a startling transformation into a vulture—human form dissolving into avian shape.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded: the innocent is restored unharmed, while the offender must bear the consequence that reforms and ultimately leads toward release.
No specific tīrtha is explicitly praised in this closing verse; it concludes the curse-and-release narrative segment.
None.