Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तिष्ठते गतमर्यादो गतप्राण इव क्षणात् । तावत्सुरपतिर्देवः शशापाथाजितेन्द्रियम्
tiṣṭhate gatamaryādo gataprāṇa iva kṣaṇāt | tāvatsurapatirdevaḥ śaśāpāthājitendriyam
وہ ایک لمحے میں آداب و حدود کھو بیٹھا اور گویا بے جان سا کھڑا رہ گیا۔ تب دیوتاؤں کے پتی اندرا نے، جس کے حواس قابو میں نہ رہے تھے، اسے شاپ دے دیا۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied destination for expiation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The hero stands suddenly as if lifeless, decorum shattered; Indra, seeing his uncontrolled senses, pronounces a curse in the divine assembly.
FAQs
Loss of maryādā (ethical restraint) through uncontrolled senses invites karmic consequence, even in divine realms.
Not directly; it explains the moral cause that will connect the character to a tīrtha and eventual siddhi.
None; it is a narrative of ethical causality (curse as consequence).