Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
निरपत्या निर्दयाश्च सर्वे देवा भविष्यथ । ततः प्रसादयामासुः प्रणताः शापयंत्रिताः
nirapatyā nirdayāśca sarve devā bhaviṣyatha | tataḥ prasādayāmāsuḥ praṇatāḥ śāpayaṃtritāḥ
اے دیوتاؤ! تم سب بے اولاد اور بے رحم ہو جاؤ گے۔ پھر لعنت کے بندھن میں جکڑے ہوئے وہ سجدہ ریز ہوئے اور اس کی عنایت مانگنے لگے۔
Devī (first hemistich); Narrator (second hemistich describing the Devas’ response)
Scene: Devas, now afflicted and fearful, kneel with folded hands before Devī; their faces show remorse and pleading, the scene shifting from wrath to supplication.
FAQs
A curse is not merely punishment but a turning-point that drives surrender (praṇāma) and the seeking of grace (prasāda).
This is part of a broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the excerpt itself does not name the tīrtha.
The action indicated is devotional surrender—prostration and propitiation—rather than a named vrata or pilgrimage act in this verse.