Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
तदादेशय राजेन्द्र कृत्वा तव महत्प्रियम् । मुक्तशापौ भविष्यावो ब्रह्मणो वचनं तथा
tadādeśaya rājendra kṛtvā tava mahatpriyam | muktaśāpau bhaviṣyāvo brahmaṇo vacanaṃ tathā
तस्माद् राजेन्द्र, तव महत्प्रियम् कृत्वा अस्मान् आदेशय। ततः शापात् विमुक्तौ भविष्यावः; एवं ब्रह्मणो वचनम्।
The two crows (vāyasau)
Scene: Two speaking crows, humble yet radiant with the gravity of Brahmā’s decree, request the king’s command; the king sits in royal assembly, the air charged with fate and the promise of curse-release.
FAQs
Release from suffering is linked to fulfilling dharmic conditions; divine words (Brahmā-vacana) frame moral causality.
Not specified in this verse; it prepares for an action that typically culminates in a tīrtha’s revelation or merit.
No explicit ritual; the instruction is to perform a deed that pleases the righteous king, leading to śāpa-mokṣa.