Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
संस्थितः सुचिरं कालं न च पश्यति किंचन । अथाभिचारिकं तेन प्रारब्धं तस्य चोपरि
saṃsthitaḥ suciraṃ kālaṃ na ca paśyati kiṃcana | athābhicārikaṃ tena prārabdhaṃ tasya copari
അദ്ദേഹം വളരെ നാളോളം അവിടെ നിന്നിട്ടും ഒരു വഴിയും കണ്ടില്ല; പിന്നെ അവന്റെ മേൽ അഭിചാരകർമ്മം (വൈരമന്ത്രപ്രയോഗം) ആരംഭിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Brahmaśilā–Sarasvatī tīrtha (conflict episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viśvāmitra, after long waiting, turns to dark ritual intent; the atmosphere thickens, firelight flickers, shadows lengthen, suggesting the onset of hostile magic.
FAQs
When spiritual power is guided by envy or anger, it turns into adharma—here symbolized by abhicāra.
The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the holy site is not named in this line.
An abhicāra rite is mentioned descriptively (as a hostile act), not prescribed for devotees.