Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
किमेतद्युज्यते तेषां वासिष्ठानां दुरात्मनाम् । शापं ददुः स्वयाज्यस्य विशेषाद्विनतस्य च
kimetadyujyate teṣāṃ vāsiṣṭhānāṃ durātmanām | śāpaṃ daduḥ svayājyasya viśeṣādvinatasya ca
“ആ ദുഷ്ടചിത്തമുള്ള വസിഷ്ഠന്മാർ ശാപം നൽകുന്നത് എങ്ങനെ യുക്തം? പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വിനീതനായി അവരുടെ യാഗകർമ്മത്തിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ അർപ്പിതനായവനോടോ?”
The king’s son and/or attendants/ministers (questioning the curse)
Scene: A grieving speaker questions the fairness of the Vāsiṣṭhas’ curse; the king remains humble, hands lowered, while brahmin youths appear stern, embodying austere power.
FAQs
Even when events seem unfair, Purāṇic narratives emphasize the inevitability of karmic unfolding and the need to seek sacred resolution.
Not named in this verse.
Only a reference to honoring sacrificial/worship duties (yājya); no explicit vrata, snāna, or dāna is prescribed here.