Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
अहं यस्मात्सुरैः सर्वैर्याचिता पुत्रजन्मनि । कृता रतिश्च विफला संप्रेष्य जातवेदसम्
ahaṃ yasmātsuraiḥ sarvairyācitā putrajanmani | kṛtā ratiśca viphalā saṃpreṣya jātavedasam
புத்ரப் பிறப்பிற்காக எல்லாத் தேவர்களும் என்னை வேண்டினர்; ஆனால் ஜாதவேதன் (அக்னி) அனுப்பப்பட்டதால் அந்த ரதி பயனற்றதாயிற்று.
Mahādevī (Pārvatī) (curse-context speech continuing)
Scene: The goddess recounts how the gods petitioned her for a son; Agni (Jātavedas) is depicted as being dispatched, turning intimacy into a cosmic transaction.
FAQs
Even well-intended divine ‘missions’ can incur fault when they violate propriety; Purāṇas stress dharma in means as well as ends.
None directly; the setting remains the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu.
None; it explains the cause leading to the Goddess’s curse.