Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
पुनरेव हि सा स्नात्वा अविज्ञायात्मदुष्कृतम् । शापं दातुं समारब्धा गर्भकर्त्तरि दुःसहम्
punareva hi sā snātvā avijñāyātmaduṣkṛtam | śāpaṃ dātuṃ samārabdhā garbhakarttari duḥsaham
വീണ്ടും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, സ്വന്തം പ്രവൃത്തിയെക്കുറിച്ച് അറിയാതെ, ഗർഭത്തിന് കാരണക്കാരനായവന് സഹിക്കാനാവാത്ത ശാപം നൽകാൻ അവൾ തുടങ്ങി.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa snāna-tīrtha (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a coastal ghat, the woman emerges from bathing, wet hair and garments, eyes blazing with resolve; she raises a hand as if to pronounce a curse, while the sacred waters glimmer behind her.
FAQs
Ritual purification without inner discernment can still lead to harmful speech; dharma requires both purity and right understanding.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where bathing and sacred settings frame moral turning-points in the narrative.
Snāna (bathing) is referenced as an act performed before a major moral action, reflecting Purāṇic emphasis on ritual purity.