Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
किमर्थं वरशापं तु तस्य दत्तं द्विजैः पुरा । सर्वं विस्तरतो ब्रूहि महान्मे संशयोऽत्र वै
kimarthaṃ varaśāpaṃ tu tasya dattaṃ dvijaiḥ purā | sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi mahānme saṃśayo'tra vai
اسے پہلے زمانے میں برہمن رشیوں نے وہ ور اور شاپ کس سبب سے دیا تھا؟ میرا یہاں بڑا شک پیدا ہوا ہے؛ آپ سب کچھ تفصیل سے بیان فرمائیے۔
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A devotee/listener, troubled by doubt, respectfully questions the divine narrator about the ancient origin of a boon and curse connected to Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Scriptural practice is clarified through inquiry—asking for the ‘why’ deepens right observance (dharma).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the narrative turns to the origin-story behind its special ritual conditions.
None directly; it requests the detailed account that explains the earlier mention of doṣa and the vara/śāpa.