Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
अथ तृप्तेन मांसस्य ज्ञातस्तेन रसो द्विजाः । ततः कोपपरीतात्मा तं शशाप मुनीश्वरः
atha tṛptena māṃsasya jñātastena raso dvijāḥ | tataḥ kopaparītātmā taṃ śaśāpa munīśvaraḥ
ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ! തൃപ്തനായ ശേഷം അവന് മാംസത്തിന്റെ രുചി തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു. അപ്പോൾ കോപം മൂടിയ മനസ്സോടെ ആ മുനീശ്വരൻ ആ രാജാവിനെ ശപിച്ചു.
Sūta (addressing the sages as dvijāḥ)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: After finishing, the brāhmaṇa’s expression changes from relief to alarm and anger; he realizes the meat taste, rises or gestures in condemnation; the king appears startled, the court freezes.
FAQs
Offerings must align with a vow-holder’s discipline; violating vrata, even indirectly, is treated as a serious dharmic fault with karmic consequences.
The verse advances the moral narrative within Tīrthamāhātmya rather than praising a named tīrtha in this line.
Avoiding prohibited items during vrata and pāraṇa is implied; the text highlights the taboo of meat for the vow-observer here.