Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
देव्युवाच । शप्तः कस्मिन्निमित्तेऽसौ पित्रा पुत्रः स्वयं पुनः । नाल्पं स्यात्कारणं देव येनासौ शप्तवान्सुतम्
devyuvāca | śaptaḥ kasminnimitte'sau pitrā putraḥ svayaṃ punaḥ | nālpaṃ syātkāraṇaṃ deva yenāsau śaptavānsutam
Dewi berkata: “Atas sebab apakah anak itu disumpah oleh ayahnya sendiri? Wahai Dewa, tentu puncanya bukan perkara kecil, kerana dia menyumpah anak kandungnya.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī, poised and compassionate, questions Īśvara about the grave cause of a father’s curse upon his son; the scene is intimate, set against a sacred narrative backdrop.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives treat curses as morally weighty events, prompting inquiry into dharma, wrongdoing, and the law of consequences.
The ongoing discourse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse itself is a narrative question.
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