Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
दिष्ट्या मे मुनिना तेन दत्तः शापो महात्मना । कथं स्यादन्यथा प्राप्तिः क्षेत्रस्यास्य सुशोभने
diṣṭyā me muninā tena dattaḥ śāpo mahātmanā | kathaṃ syādanyathā prāptiḥ kṣetrasyāsya suśobhane
“Dengan mujur, resi agung itu telah menjatuhkan suatu sumpahan kepadaku. Wahai yang elok, jika tidak demikian, bagaimana mungkin aku dapat mencapai kṣetra yang indah berseri ini?”
Mahīpāla (the king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandinī
Scene: The king speaks with astonishment, palms open, as if realizing the hidden mercy in a sage’s curse; behind him, a radiant sacred landscape/temple hints at the ‘suśobhana kṣetra’.
FAQs
Even seeming misfortune (a curse) can become the hidden cause for reaching a holy place and spiritual uplift.
The ‘kṣetra’ praised in this chapter is the Kalaśeśvara sacred area described in the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is stated here; the verse frames the king’s arrival as providential.