Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
ते वै सांबं समानिन्युर्भूषयित्वा स्त्रियं यथा । अब्रुवन्नुपसंगम्य देवदंडनिपीडिताः
te vai sāṃbaṃ samāninyurbhūṣayitvā striyaṃ yathā | abruvannupasaṃgamya devadaṃḍanipīḍitāḥ
وہ سامب کو آگے لے آئے، اسے یوں آراستہ کیا گویا وہ عورت ہو؛ پھر نزدیک جا کر بولے—الٰہی سزا کے دباؤ سے پہلے ہی مجبور کیے ہوئے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (curse-origin episode) / Prabhāsa (curse-fruition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The Yādavas bring Sāmba forward, adorned like a woman, and approach the sages to speak—already driven by divine retribution—capturing the fatal moment of irreverent jest before the curse is pronounced.
FAQs
Mockery of holiness becomes self-destruction; disrespect toward ṛṣis invites divine correction and karmic collapse.
The episode functions as a prelude to events culminating in the Prabhāsa region; the immediate scene is within the narrative sequence tied to Dvārakā and Prabhāsa.
None; the verse narrates a dharma-violation (improper conduct toward sages).