Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
दैवज्ञा ऊचुः । एष ते पृथिवीपाल जातः पुत्रः सुगर्हित । काले ऽनिष्टप्रदे रौद्रे गंडांत त्रितयोद्भवे
daivajñā ūcuḥ | eṣa te pṛthivīpāla jātaḥ putraḥ sugarhita | kāle 'niṣṭaprade raudre gaṃḍāṃta tritayodbhave
دَیوَجْنوں نے کہا: اے زمین کے حاکم بادشاہ! تیرا یہ بیٹا نہایت مذموم حالت میں پیدا ہوا ہے—ایک سخت اور نحوست دینے والے وقت میں، گنڈانت کے سنگم پر، تین گناہ ملاپ سے پیدا ہونے والی گھڑی میں۔
Daivajñas (astrologers)
Listener: Pṛthivīpāla (the king)
Scene: Court astrologers (daivajñas) stand before a worried king, pointing to a horoscope/yantra-like chart; the atmosphere is tense, with symbols of gaṇḍānta (junction) and darkened sky motifs.
FAQs
Purāṇas portray time (kāla) as morally consequential; inauspicious conditions call for heightened dharmic care, remedial rites, and wise restraint.
This verse is omen-focused and does not name a tīrtha; it functions as a narrative cause leading toward later sacred actions within the mahātmya.
No remedy is specified in this verse; it identifies the birth as occurring in an inauspicious gaṇḍānta time, implying the need for later śānti/pravṛtti measures.