Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
उद्गातोवाच । गन्धर्वस्य सुता कस्य केन शप्तासि पुत्रिके । कदा ते भविता मोक्षो मानुषत्वस्य कीर्त्तय
udgātovāca | gandharvasya sutā kasya kena śaptāsi putrike | kadā te bhavitā mokṣo mānuṣatvasya kīrttaya
उद्गात म्हणाला—“हे मुली, गंधर्वांमध्ये तू कोणाची कन्या आहेस? तुला कोणी शाप दिला? आणि या मानुष अवस्थेतून तुला केव्हा मोक्ष मिळेल—मला सांग.”
Udgāta (Mudgāta, the questioner)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Udgāta questions the maiden with compassionate seriousness; the maiden’s face shows restrained sorrow, hinting at a curse, while the sacred fire glows nearby as the implied remedy.
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Suffering is framed as karmic consequence (śāpa), and liberation is sought through understanding its cause and end.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it prepares for a tīrtha-linked account of curse and release.
None explicitly; the focus is on inquiry into śāpa and mokṣa.
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