Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
निश्वस्य संवृतो विप्रास्तां वीक्ष्योद्वाहितां सुताम् । शशाप कुपितो भद्र मां तदानीं स भार्गवः
niśvasya saṃvṛto viprāstāṃ vīkṣyodvāhitāṃ sutām | śaśāpa kupito bhadra māṃ tadānīṃ sa bhārgavaḥ
گہری آہ بھرتے ہوئے، وہ برہمن اپنی بیٹی کو اس طرح 'بیاہا ہوا' دیکھ کر غضبناک ہو گیا، اے نیک بخت، اور اسی وقت بھارگو نے مجھے بددعا دی۔
Narrator (first-person within the story; embedded narration inside the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa father, breath drawn in sorrow, beholds his daughter; his face shifts from grief to blazing anger as the curse forms on his lips.
FAQs
Adharma provokes righteous anger and karmic consequence; a curse in Purāṇic narrative symbolizes moral law reasserting itself.
No holy site is praised in this verse.
None; it records the narrative moment of a curse arising from wrongdoing.