Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
भैरवाभरणो नेता सदा घूर्णितलोचनः । प्रवृत्ततंद्रवन्मूढो वध्यश्चासावितस्ततः
bhairavābharaṇo netā sadā ghūrṇitalocanaḥ | pravṛttataṃdravanmūḍho vadhyaścāsāvitastataḥ
“ভৈৰৱৰ দৰে অলংকাৰে সজ্জিত নেতা, সদায় ঘূৰ্ণিত দৃষ্টিযুক্ত—তন্দ্ৰাগ্ৰস্ত যেন মূঢ়—সেইবাবে সি দণ্ড আৰু বধৰ যোগ্য হৈছিল।”
Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s recitation in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A swaggering leader wearing Bhairava-like ornaments, eyes rolling in intoxicated stupor, is denounced as deserving punishment; the crowd recoils.
FAQs
External religious appearance cannot mask adharma; delusion and harmful conduct lead to rightful consequences.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting; its māhātmya teaches dharma through episodes of fall and correction.
None in this verse; it describes character and karmic-legal consequence.