Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच । गतायामथ सावित्र्यां शापं दत्त्वा द्विजोत्तमाः । गायत्री सहसोत्थाय वाक्यमेतदुदैरयत्
sūta uvāca | gatāyāmatha sāvitryāṃ śāpaṃ dattvā dvijottamāḥ | gāyatrī sahasotthāya vākyametadudairayat
Sūta nói: Khi Sāvitrī đã rời đi, sau khi thốt ra lời nguyền, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh, Gāyatrī liền đứng dậy và nói những lời này.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas/śaunakādi sages (implied by ‘dvijottamāḥ’)
Scene: Sūta narrates: Savitrī has departed after pronouncing a curse; Gāyatrī rises immediately, poised to speak—an assembly of devas/brāhmaṇas listening in a sacrificial setting.
FAQs
Speech in purāṇic dharma is potent—words spoken in anger or vow create consequences that require immediate moral and ritual response.
The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
None directly; it introduces Gāyatrī’s forthcoming declaration.