Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
ततो नृपगृहे जाता तत्प्रभावाद्द्विजोत्तमाः । पूर्वकर्मविपाकेन संजाता विष कन्यका
tato nṛpagṛhe jātā tatprabhāvāddvijottamāḥ | pūrvakarmavipākena saṃjātā viṣa kanyakā
त्यानंतर, हे द्विजोत्तमांनो, त्या (पूर्वकर्म) प्रभावाने ती राजगृहात जन्मली; पूर्वकर्मविपाकाने ती ‘विषकन्या’ झाली।
Sūta (deduced from immediate context; sages inquire next and Sūta answers thereafter)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A royal palace interior where a girl is born amid attendants; auspicious court imagery contrasts with subtle ominous signs—darkened aura near the infant, a serpent/poison motif in decorative shadows—signifying the viṣakanyā destiny.
FAQs
It emphasizes karma-vipāka: past actions mature into concrete life circumstances, shaping birth and destiny.
This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the explicit tīrtha description appears later in the same adhyāya (the pond/holy waters).
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets up the karmic narrative used to frame the tīrtha’s sanctity.