Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
यस्मात्त्वया महामूर्ख न प्रणामः कृतो मम । हरादनंतरं तस्माच्छापं दास्याम्यहं तव
yasmāttvayā mahāmūrkha na praṇāmaḥ kṛto mama | harādanaṃtaraṃ tasmācchāpaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ tava
अरे महामूर्खा! हर (शिव) यांच्या त्वरित नंतर मी स्थित असताना तू मला प्रणाम केला नाहीस; म्हणून मी तुला शाप देईन।
Bhagavatī Gaurī (Pārvatī) (deduced from nearby verses mentioning bhagavatī with Śambhu)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce yet radiant Devī addresses a king who failed to bow; Śiva stands beside her, calm but authoritative; the king appears chastened amid a tīrtha-forest/temple threshold.
FAQs
Devotional etiquette matters: disrespect toward Devī, especially in the presence of Śiva, is treated as a serious aparādha with karmic consequences.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral turning point within the chapter’s sacred narrative.
Praṇāma (offering respectful salutation) to Devī—honoring her as inseparable from Śiva.