Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । शप्ता सरस्वती कोपात्कृता रुधिरवाहिनी
kasyacittvatha kālasya viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā | śaptā sarasvatī kopātkṛtā rudhiravāhinī
Rồi vào một thời điểm nọ, bậc hiền triết Viśvāmitra, vì phẫn nộ, đã nguyền rủa Sarasvatī, khiến nàng hóa thành dòng sông chảy toàn máu đỏ.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī (cursed segment)
Type: river
Scene: Viśvāmitra, blazing with ascetic power and anger, pronounces a curse; Sarasvatī’s waters darken and turn crimson like blood, with shocked sages and pilgrims on the bank, sky ominous yet mythic.
FAQs
Uncontrolled anger, even in powerful figures, can distort sacred order; purity of mind safeguards sacred places.
The Sarasvatī river as a tīrtha—its sanctity underscored by the dramatic consequence of a curse.
None stated; it introduces a crisis that typically motivates later purification, relocation, or remedial acts.