Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
शप्तश्च वीक्षमाणानां देवर्षीणां प्रजापतिः । मया च कर्णौ पिहितौ श्रुत्वा तद्गर्हणा गिरः
śaptaśca vīkṣamāṇānāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ prajāpatiḥ | mayā ca karṇau pihitau śrutvā tadgarhaṇā giraḥ
Di hadapan para resi dewa yang menyaksikan, Prajāpati juga terkena sumpahan; dan aku menutup kedua telingaku ketika mendengar kata-kata celaan itu.
Narrator (first-person witness within the story; exact identity not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before assembled devarṣis, the Prajāpati is cursed; the narrator covers his ears to avoid hearing the harsh censure, while the assembly stands tense and silent.
FAQs
Adharma in sacred contexts draws immediate karmic consequence (śāpa), and wise witnesses recoil from harmful speech and wrongdoing.
No site is named; the verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger Kāśī Māhātmya framework.
None; it narrates a curse and the reaction to condemnatory speech.