Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79
भूयादिति शशापैनं सर्वदैवतसंनिधौ । अथ शप्तो नृपस्तत्र नाट्याचार्येण दुःखितः
bhūyāditi śaśāpainaṃ sarvadaivatasaṃnidhau | atha śapto nṛpastatra nāṭyācāryeṇa duḥkhitaḥ
กล่าวว่า “จงเป็นดังนั้นเถิด” แล้วเขาก็สาปผู้นั้นต่อหน้าหมู่เทพทั้งปวง ครั้นแล้วพระราชาผู้ถูกสาปโดยอาจารย์แห่งนาฏยศิลป์ก็เศร้าโศกอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The nāṭyācārya, solemn and authoritative, completes the curse as devas look on; the king’s posture collapses into grief, hands lowered, eyes downcast amid a suddenly still hall.
FAQs
When wrongdoing is confirmed before divine witnesses, its fruits mature quickly; remorse follows once consequence becomes unavoidable.
The chapter is within Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara Mahātmya), but this verse is situated in the celestial court narrative.
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