Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
उद्गातोवाच । गन्धर्वस्य सुता कस्य केन शप्तासि पुत्रिके । कदा ते भविता मोक्षो मानुषत्वस्य कीर्त्तय
udgātovāca | gandharvasya sutā kasya kena śaptāsi putrike | kadā te bhavitā mokṣo mānuṣatvasya kīrttaya
ഉദ്ഗാതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ പുത്രികേ, ഗന്ധർവരിൽ നീ ആരുടെ പുത്രിയാണ്? ആരാണ് നിന്നെ ശപിച്ചത്? ഈ മാനുഷാവസ്ഥയിൽ നിന്ന് നിനക്ക് മോക്ഷം എപ്പോൾ ലഭിക്കും—എനിക്ക് പറയുക.”
Udgāta (Mudgāta, the questioner)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Udgāta questions the maiden with compassionate seriousness; the maiden’s face shows restrained sorrow, hinting at a curse, while the sacred fire glows nearby as the implied remedy.
FAQs
Suffering is framed as karmic consequence (śāpa), and liberation is sought through understanding its cause and end.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it prepares for a tīrtha-linked account of curse and release.
None explicitly; the focus is on inquiry into śāpa and mokṣa.
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