Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तच्छ्रुत्वा ते सुराः सर्वे सर्वतस्तं जलाशयम् । वेष्टयित्वा स्थितास्तत्र वह्निर्भेकं शशाप ह
tacchrutvā te surāḥ sarve sarvatastaṃ jalāśayam | veṣṭayitvā sthitāstatra vahnirbhekaṃ śaśāpa ha
یہ سن کر سب دیوتاؤں نے اس تالاب کو ہر طرف سے گھیر لیا اور وہاں کھڑے ہو گئے؛ تب اگنی نے مینڈک کو لعنت (شاپ) دی۔
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Type: kund
Scene: A ring of devas stands around the pond, weapons lowered but alert; the water shimmers with inner heat; Agni appears as a radiant figure at the edge of the water, turning toward the frog with stern gaze as the curse begins.
FAQs
Speech and action before divine forces have consequences; the purāṇic frame highlights moral causality (śāpa and its results).
A jalāśaya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is the setting; the verse does not provide the tīrtha’s proper name.
None is stated in this verse; it is narrative setup for the mahātmya episode.