Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिः प्रायाद्गृहीत्वा निजकन्यकाम् । अखण्डशीलां स्वावासमहं गृध्रोऽभवं तदा
ityuktvā sa muniḥ prāyādgṛhītvā nijakanyakām | akhaṇḍaśīlāṃ svāvāsamahaṃ gṛdhro'bhavaṃ tadā
เมื่อกล่าวเช่นนี้แล้ว ฤๅษีผู้นั้นก็จากไปพร้อมกับบุตรสาวผู้มีศีลบริสุทธิ์ กลับไปยังอาศรมของตน และในทันทีนั้น ข้าพเจ้าก็ได้กลายเป็นนกแร้ง
Narrator
Listener: Indradyumna (contextually)
Scene: A sage departs with his daughter of unbroken chastity; in the same moment, the narrator undergoes a startling transformation into a vulture—human form dissolving into avian shape.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded: the innocent is restored unharmed, while the offender must bear the consequence that reforms and ultimately leads toward release.
No specific tīrtha is explicitly praised in this closing verse; it concludes the curse-and-release narrative segment.
None.