Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
यस्माद्भीष्म त्वया त्यक्ता कामार्ताहं सुदुर्मते । तस्मात्तव वधायाशु भविष्यामि पुनः क्षितौ
yasmādbhīṣma tvayā tyaktā kāmārtāhaṃ sudurmate | tasmāttava vadhāyāśu bhaviṣyāmi punaḥ kṣitau
ഹേ ഭീഷ്മാ, ദുര്മതേ! കാമാർത്തയായ എന്നെ നീ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചതിനാൽ, നിന്റെ വധത്തിനായി ഞാൻ വേഗം വീണ്ടും ഭൂമിയിൽ ജനിക്കും।
Kāśirāja’s daughter (Amba, implied)
Listener: Audience of the māhātmya (implicit)
Scene: Amba, blazing with resolve, points toward Bhīṣma while flames surround her; her tears have turned into fierce determination, foreshadowing rebirth and battlefield fate.
FAQs
Harm done through rejection and injustice can mature into karmic consequence, even across births.
This verse is part of a Tīrtha-māhātmya setting, but the specific tīrtha is not named within the shloka itself.
None in this verse; it introduces the moral cause leading to later discussion of sin and expiation.