In Hindu mythology, Shringi is the sage who cursed King Parikshit. The episode appears in the Mahabharata and helps set up the king’s death and the later snake sacrifice narrated in the epic tradition.
While hunting, Parikshit becomes exhausted and visits the hermitage of the sage Shamika. Because Shamika is observing silence and does not answer him, Parikshit places a dead snake around the sage’s neck in anger. Shringi, Shamika’s son, learns what happened and curses the king to die from the bite of the serpent king Takshaka after seven days.
When Shringi’s father hears of the curse, he criticizes the severity of his son’s reaction and sends a messenger to warn Parikshit. The king accepts the prediction, prepares for death, and listens to spiritual teachings. The story is closely connected with the Bhagavata Purana, in which Shuka teaches Parikshit during his final days.
Shringi is not the same figure as the better-known sage Shringavan or the many other ascetics named in epic literature. His defining role is the curse that sets Parikshit’s final events in motion.