Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
स्वधया स्वाहया सार्धं सदा दुःखसमन्वितः । नैवाप्स्यसि परं सौख्यं सर्वकालं यथा पुरा
svadhayā svāhayā sārdhaṃ sadā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | naivāpsyasi paraṃ saukhyaṃ sarvakālaṃ yathā purā
سْوَدھا اور سْواہا کے ساتھ تُو ہمیشہ غم میں گھرا رہے گا؛ جیسے پہلے تھا ویسا اب کبھی بھی کسی زمانے میں اعلیٰ ترین سکھ نہ پائے گا۔
Unspecified (curse continuation; context suggests address to Agni, who is associated with Svāhā; Svadhā linked with Pitṛ offerings)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agni flanked by personified Svāhā and Svadhā (two feminine deities), all three shown with downcast expressions; flames subdued; a shadow of sorrow over the yajña space.
FAQs
Sacred roles and mantric associations do not protect one who violates dharma; moral failure yields lasting distress.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
It references the ritual utterances/personifications Svāhā and Svadhā, but gives no prescriptive rite.