Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
भविष्यति हि मे राज्यं सर्वं वशगतं तव । अन्यथा धर्षयिष्यामि सर्वैः सार्द्धं सुरोत्तमैः
bhaviṣyati hi me rājyaṃ sarvaṃ vaśagataṃ tava | anyathā dharṣayiṣyāmi sarvaiḥ sārddhaṃ surottamaiḥ
নিশ্চয়ই আমার সমগ্র রাজ্য তোমার অধীন হবে। নচেৎ আমি সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ দেবগণের সহিত তোমাকে লঙ্ঘন করে পরাভূত করিব।
Bāṣkali
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: A royal/ṛṣi interlocutor (commonly Janamejaya in Purāṇic frames; specific addressee not stated in this verse)
Scene: A boastful daitya-king issues an ultimatum: submit the kingdom or face overpowering assault even with the foremost gods; courtly setting with messenger present, tension rising.
FAQs
Tyranny and lust culminate in threats against the Divine; such adharma becomes the very cause of its downfall in Purāṇic ethics.
Mount Arbuda remains the narrative locus, where Śrīmātā is established.
None; the verse records an adharma-filled ultimatum within the story.