Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
दुर्वासा उवाच । कः प्रभुस्त्रिषु लोकेषु मह्यं वचनमन्यथा । विधातुमपि देवानामाद्यो लोकपितामहः
durvāsā uvāca | kaḥ prabhustriṣu lokeṣu mahyaṃ vacanamanyathā | vidhātumapi devānāmādyo lokapitāmahaḥ
দুর্বাসা ক’লে: ত্ৰিলোকত কোনে মোৰ বাক্য অন্যথা কৰিব পাৰে—দেৱতাসকলৰ আদ্য, লোকপিতামহ ব্ৰহ্মাও নোৱাৰে?
Durvāsā
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Durvāsā speaks with thunderous certainty, hand raised as if sealing fate; the cosmic backdrop hints at the three worlds, with Brahmā faintly implied as the ‘Grandfather’ unable to overturn the sage’s word.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes the potency of truthful ascetic speech; a rishi’s utterance is portrayed as difficult to overturn.
The verse occurs within Dvārakā Māhātmya; the site-context is Dvārakā and its sacred environs affected by the sage’s word.
None; this is a doctrinal assertion about the authority of a sage’s speech.