Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
विज्ञप्तिकौतुकाभिख्यं यदा विद्याधराधिपम् । द्रक्ष्यतेऽसौ कनिष्ठस्ते तदा शापाद्विमोक्ष्यते
vijñaptikautukābhikhyaṃ yadā vidyādharādhipam | drakṣyate'sau kaniṣṭhaste tadā śāpādvimokṣyate
เมื่อผู้น้อยของเจ้าจะได้เห็นด้วยตนเองซึ่งจอมแห่งวิทยาธร ผู้เลื่องนามว่า วิชญัปติ-เกาตุกะ เมื่อนั้นเขาจักพ้นจากคำสาป
Gālava (concluding the condition of release)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual) / Darśana of Vijñapti-kautuka (episode focus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sukarṇa, now human, beholds the radiant Vidyādharādhipa ‘Vijñapti-kautuka’; at the moment of vision, the curse loosens—shown as dark bands dissolving into light.
FAQs
Even karmic punishment has an exit: divine order provides conditions for release when humility, right encounter, and destined grace arise.
Setu-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred geography of the Setukhaṇḍa, though this verse highlights a liberation-condition within the story.
No formal rite is prescribed; the ‘prescription’ here is narrative—seeing/meeting the Vidyādhara lord as the trigger for śāpa-vimokṣa.