Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
स्वस्यां सुतायामूढायां पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यसि । एवं शप्त्वा महादेवो ययौ कैलासपर्वतम्
svasyāṃ sutāyāmūḍhāyāṃ putramutpādayiṣyasi | evaṃ śaptvā mahādevo yayau kailāsaparvatam
“Atas puterimu sendiri yang tersesat itu engkau akan memperanakkan seorang putera.” Setelah demikian mengutuk, Mahādeva pun berangkat ke Gunung Kailāsa.
Sūta narrating; the quoted curse is Śiva’s
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra; Kailāsa (as śaiva axis)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva completes the curse—foretelling a son born through Dakṣa’s own deluded daughter—then turns away and departs toward snow-clad Kailāsa, leaving a stunned court behind.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives stress that wrongdoing ripens into painful consequences, restoring moral balance through karmic law.
The kṣetra being praised is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa; Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s abode, not the focal tīrtha here.
None; it concludes the episode of the curse and Śiva’s departure.