Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110
इत्यहं मुनिशापेन तदाप्रभृति पर्वते । हिमाचले बको भूत्वा काश्यपेयो वसामि च
ityahaṃ muniśāpena tadāprabhṛti parvate | himācale bako bhūtvā kāśyapeyo vasāmi ca
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੁਨੀ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਾਪ ਨਾਲ, ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪਹਾੜ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਬਗਲਾ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ—ਕਾਸ਼੍ਯਪੇਯ—ਇੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਜੀਊਂਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।
Nāḍījaṃgha-baka (the crane, speaking of his cursed state)
Tirtha: Himācala (general sacred Himalaya)
Type: peak
Scene: A crane stands near a cold mountain stream beneath snowy peaks; the being’s eyes carry memory and sorrow; distant hermitages dot the slopes.
FAQs
Karmic consequence is immediate and tangible: even the learned can fall by a sage’s displeasure, yet continued dwelling in a sacred region keeps the door open to purification.
Himācala (the Himālaya) is indicated as a sanctifying sacred landscape where transformative narratives unfold.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it primarily establishes the sacred setting and the consequence of a curse.