Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
कः शापो दीयते तुभ्यं शापोयमयमेव ते । ततो विमृश्य भूयोऽहब्रवं किमहंद्विज
kaḥ śāpo dīyate tubhyaṃ śāpoyamayameva te | tato vimṛśya bhūyo'habravaṃ kimahaṃdvija
‘تمہیں کون سی بددعا دی جا رہی ہے؟ یہ تو خود تمہاری ہی بددعا ہے۔’ پھر میں نے دوبارہ غور کیا اور کہا: ‘اے دِوِج! میں نے یہ کیا کر ڈالا؟’
Hārīta (continuing)
Listener: Hārīta (immediate) and the addressed ‘dvija’ in the self-questioning line
Scene: The narrator’s anger collapses into self-questioning; he lowers his head, hands loosen, eyes soften; Hārīta stands calm, the atmosphere shifts from heat to clarity.
FAQs
A curse born of passion becomes the speaker’s own burden; dharma begins with inner reflection.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is on ethical causality.
None; it is a reflective teaching rather than a ritual injunction.