Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166
तस्मात्ते गर्वसंयुक्ते कुष्ठमंगे भविष्यति । श्रुत्वा शापं ततः कन्या भयभीता तपस्विनी
tasmātte garvasaṃyukte kuṣṭhamaṃge bhaviṣyati | śrutvā śāpaṃ tataḥ kanyā bhayabhītā tapasvinī
“اس لیے، اے غرور میں جڑی ہوئی! تیرے بدن پر کوڑھ پیدا ہوگا۔” یہ شاپ سن کر وہ کنیا خوف زدہ ہو گئی، تپسیا کرنے والی کانپ اٹھی۔
Gaṇa (first half, curse); Narrator (second half, reaction)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The gaṇa’s curse takes effect: the maiden’s body shows the onset of leprosy; her posture collapses into fear and penitence, hands moving toward supplication as the garden’s gaiety fades.
FAQs
Arrogance brings suffering; fear can become the doorway to repentance and spiritual transformation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative stresses swift karmic response and the possibility of grace through humility.
No explicit rite is given; the verse hints at tapas (penitential discipline) as the appropriate response after moral failure.