Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116
नारद उवाच । सत्यमेतत्कुरुश्रेष्ठ श्रृणु तच्चापि कारणम् । येन तासां कृतं रूपं न वा शापं ददुश्च ताः
nārada uvāca | satyametatkuruśreṣṭha śrṛṇu taccāpi kāraṇam | yena tāsāṃ kṛtaṃ rūpaṃ na vā śāpaṃ daduśca tāḥ
नारद म्हणाला—हे कुरुश्रेष्ठ, हे खरे आहे. स्वाहेने त्यांची रूपे का धारण केली आणि त्या स्त्रियांनी शाप का दिला नाही, ते कारणही ऐक.
Nārada
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (foreshadowed)
Type: river
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: Nārada, composed, affirms Arjuna’s statement and invites him to hear the reason—why Svāhā assumed forms and why no curse was uttered; the moment is calm, pedagogical.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching proceeds through cause-and-effect explanation, showing how dharma, gratitude, and context shape moral outcomes.
No site is named in this verse; it introduces the causal account that follows.
None; it is a narrative transition to doctrinal reasoning.