Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
कुण्डलेऽथानय क्षिप्रं मदयंत्याश्च पुत्रक । नो चेच्छापं प्रदास्यामि पञ्चमेऽह्नि न आगतः
kuṇḍale'thānaya kṣipraṃ madayaṃtyāśca putraka | no cecchāpaṃ pradāsyāmi pañcame'hni na āgataḥ
പുത്രകാ, മദയന്തിയുടെ ആ കുണ്ഡലജോഡി വേഗത്തിൽ കൊണ്ടുവരിക. അഞ്ചാം ദിവസം നീ മടങ്ങിവരാത്തപക്ഷം ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ശപിക്കും.
Gurupatnī (Gautama’s wife)
Scene: The guru’s wife specifies the object—Madayantī’s pair of earrings—and sets a strict five-day limit, her expression stern yet purposeful; Uttaṅka appears resolute, aware of the looming curse.
FAQs
Spiritual duty demands timeliness and resolve; negligence in a vowed task brings consequences.
No; the verse is narrative and mission-oriented within Arbuda-khaṇḍa.
A specific guru-dakṣiṇā item is prescribed: obtaining and bringing a pair of earrings within a set time.