Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
सोऽपि सर्पत्वमापन्नः सनातनसुतो बटुः । दुःखशोकसमापन्नो ब्राह्मणैः परिवेष्टितः
so'pi sarpatvamāpannaḥ sanātanasuto baṭuḥ | duḥkhaśokasamāpanno brāhmaṇaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ
സനാതനന്റെ പുത്രനായ ആ ബടുവും സർപ്പത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചു; ദുഃഖശോകങ്ങളാൽ വ്യാകുലനായി ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർ ചുറ്റിനിന്നപ്പോൾ അവൻ നിലകൊണ്ടു।
Narrator
Scene: A young brahmacārin suddenly transformed into a serpent, coiled on the ground, while brāhmaṇas stand around in alarm and pity; the atmosphere is heavy with grief.
FAQs
Actions that violate sacred decorum lead to painful results; remorse follows when dharma’s consequences become unavoidable.
This verse does not name the tīrtha; it contributes to the moral exemplum within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
No explicit ritual act is prescribed; the verse presents the curse’s outcome and the community’s response.