Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
भृगुरुवाच । शापयित्वा द्विजान्सर्वान्पुरा लक्ष्मीर्विनिर्गता । अपवित्रमिदं चोक्त्वा ततो देवा विनिर्गताः
bhṛguruvāca | śāpayitvā dvijānsarvānpurā lakṣmīrvinirgatā | apavitramidaṃ coktvā tato devā vinirgatāḥ
भृगुरुवाच—पुरा द्विजान् सर्वान् शापयित्वा लक्ष्मीर्विनिर्गता; ‘अपवित्रमिदम्’ इत्युक्त्वा ततो देवा विनिर्गताः।
Bhṛgu
Tirtha: Unnamed spot later called ‘Krodha-sthāna’ (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Bhṛgu recounts a past event: Lakṣmī departing in displeasure after a curse; devas turning away and pronouncing the place impure; the landscape appears dimmed, with withdrawn radiance.
FAQs
Impurity born of moral failings leads to the withdrawal of divine presence; dharma requires inner and outer purity.
No specific tīrtha is named in the verse; it references ‘this place’ within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.
None directly; the verse recounts events (curse and departure) as the cause for seeking Śiva’s remedy.
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