Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 116
तं शशाप ततश्छाया क्रुद्धा सा पार्थिवी भृशम् । किंचित्प्रस्फुरमाणोष्ठी विचलत्पाणिपल्लवा
taṃ śaśāpa tataśchāyā kruddhā sā pārthivī bhṛśam | kiṃcitprasphuramāṇoṣṭhī vicalatpāṇipallavā
پھر چھایا، جو زمین کی ملکہ تھی، سخت غضبناک ہو کر اسے لعنت دینے لگی؛ اس کے ہونٹ ہلکے سے کانپ رہے تھے اور نازک ہاتھ لرز رہے تھے۔
Īśvara (narrator voice begins in this passage; the verse itself is narrative description)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Chāyā, queenly yet furious, curses Yama; her lips quiver and her hands tremble, capturing the moment when emotion crystallizes into fate.
FAQs
Unchecked anger disturbs dharma and leads to karmic consequences, even within sacred lineages.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) is the narrative setting within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
None in this verse; it narrates the onset of a curse (śāpa) within the māhātmya कथा.