Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
एवं स्वकाद्बाहुबलात्स दैत्यः संप्राप्य राज्यं परिमोदमानः । कदाचिदाभाष्य जगाद मंत्रिणः प्रोद्धृत्तसर्वांगबलेन दर्पितः
evaṃ svakādbāhubalātsa daityaḥ saṃprāpya rājyaṃ parimodamānaḥ | kadācidābhāṣya jagāda maṃtriṇaḥ proddhṛttasarvāṃgabalena darpitaḥ
এইদৰে নিজৰ বাহুবলৰ জোৰে সেই দৈত্যে ৰাজ্য লাভ কৰি আনন্দিত হ’ল। তাৰপিছত বৃদ্ধি পোৱা সৰ্বাঙ্গবলৰ গৰ্বে উন্মত্ত হৈ, কেতিয়াবা তেওঁ মন্ত্ৰীসকলক সম্বোধন কৰি ক’লে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), implied
Scene: The daitya, newly enthroned, leans forward with confident posture, addressing ministers in council; his body language shows swollen pride and restless energy.
FAQs
Power gained by force often matures into arrogance; the Purāṇic ethic warns that pride (darpa) precedes collapse when dharma is ignored.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None.