Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109
कुंडेऽस्मिंश्चैत्रबहुले प्रतिपद्येव स्वाहया । ततश्च पावको दुःखाच्छुशोच च मुमोह च
kuṃḍe'smiṃścaitrabahule pratipadyeva svāhayā | tataśca pāvako duḥkhācchuśoca ca mumoha ca
ଏହି କୁଣ୍ଡରେ ଚୈତ୍ରମାସର ଶୁକ୍ଳ ପ୍ରତିପଦା ଦିନ ସ୍ୱାହା ଦ୍ୱାରା (ଆହୁତି) ପତିତ ହେଲା। ତାପରେ ପାବକ ଦୁଃଖାକୁଳ ହୋଇ ଶୋକ କଲା ଓ ମୋହଗ୍ରସ୍ତ ହେଲା।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Type: kund
Scene: Agni (Pāvaka), radiant yet dimmed by grief, stands near a sacred kunda on Caitra śukla pratipad; the atmosphere is heavy, with flickering flames suggesting inner turmoil.
FAQs
Even divine beings experience grief when dharma is strained; the Purāṇas show that remorse can follow transgression.
No tīrtha is named; the verse provides a calendrical time-marker (Caitra bright pratipad).
No explicit prescription; Svāhā is invoked as an entity, resonant with sacrificial tradition.