Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
बक उवाच घृतकंबलमाहात्म्याद्देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । ममायुरीदृशं जातं बकत्वं मुनिशापतः
baka uvāca ghṛtakaṃbalamāhātmyāddevadevasya śūlinaḥ | mamāyurīdṛśaṃ jātaṃ bakatvaṃ muniśāpataḥ
บกะกล่าวว่า: “ด้วยมหิมาแห่งฆฤตกัมพละของพระศูลิน ผู้เป็นเทวเทพและทรงตรีศูล อายุของเราจึงยืนยาวเช่นนี้; แต่การเป็น ‘บกะ’ นั้นเกิดจากคำสาปของฤๅษี”
Baka
Tirtha: Ghṛtakambala
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indradyumna
Scene: Baka reveals: longevity came from the greatness of Ghṛtakambala of Śiva the trident-bearer; his bird-like state came from a sage’s curse—two forces shown as boon and burden.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma teaches that sacred merit (tīrtha/Śiva-māhātmya) can protect and extend life, while unethical acts may still bring karmic consequences such as a curse.
Ghṛtakambala is explicitly praised as a powerful Śaiva sacred locus associated with the trident-bearing Śiva.
No explicit rite is listed in this verse; it attributes spiritual fruit to the māhātmya (sanctity) of the Śiva-associated place/object named Ghṛtakambala.