Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
सारस्वत उवाच । अथासौ नारदो देवं ज्ञात्वा शप्तं द्विजन्मना । भृगुणा च तथा पूर्वं नान्यथैतद्भविष्यति
sārasvata uvāca | athāsau nārado devaṃ jñātvā śaptaṃ dvijanmanā | bhṛguṇā ca tathā pūrvaṃ nānyathaitadbhaviṣyati
سارَسوت نے کہا: پھر نارَد نے جان لیا کہ دیوتا کو ایک دِوِج (برہمن) نے شاپ دیا تھا، اور پہلے بھی بھِرگو نے؛ اس لیے یہ بات اس کے سوا کچھ اور نہیں ہو سکتی۔
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sārasvata narrates as Nārada, veena-bearing, reflects on a deity’s predicament—remembering a brāhmaṇa’s curse and Bhṛgu’s earlier imprecation; the atmosphere is fateful, with sages’ radiance outweighing royal splendor.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes the potency of brāhmaṇa-tejas and the moral inevitability of consequences once a curse is set in motion.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the narrative framework within the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra māhātmya.
None; the verse is narrative, highlighting causality and the force of śāpa within dharma literature.