Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
यामे तृतीये सामानि तारस्वरमधीत्य च । शापं यस्य प्रदास्यंति शालाग्रे भृशरोषिताः
yāme tṛtīye sāmāni tārasvaramadhītya ca | śāpaṃ yasya pradāsyaṃti śālāgre bhṛśaroṣitāḥ
यामे तृतीये तारस्वरेण सामानि समधीत्य, शालाग्रे भृशरोषिताः तेऽपराधिनं प्रति शापं प्रददति।
Unspecified narrator (contextual instruction within the narrative)
Tirtha: Tripuruṣa-śālā
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the third watch of the night, Vedic chanters raise the Sāman in a high pitch; at the hall’s front they pronounce a wrathful curse upon an offender, asserting the sanctity of the place.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, Vedic authority is portrayed as capable of decisive spiritual defense through sanctioned utterance.
Not specified; the verse highlights the sacred threshold (śālāgra) as a locus of protection.
In the third watch, chant Sāmans in high pitch (tārasvara) and then pronounce a protective curse against the offender at śālāgra.