Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
मर्त्यलोके यदा विष्णो ह्यवतारं करिष्यसि । भ्रात्रा सह परं दुःखं स्वभार्या हरणं च यत्
martyaloke yadā viṣṇo hyavatāraṃ kariṣyasi | bhrātrā saha paraṃ duḥkhaṃ svabhāryā haraṇaṃ ca yat
হে বিষ্ণু! যখন তুমি মর্ত্যলোকে অবতার গ্রহণ করবে, তখন ভ্রাতার সঙ্গে তোমাকে মহাদুঃখ ভোগ করতে হবে—নিজ স্ত্রীর অপহরণ।
Gāyatrī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Prophetic tableau: Viṣṇu’s impending descent to earth; two brothers walking in a forest; the looming event of wife’s abduction suggested symbolically (a shadowed chariot or distant figure).
FAQs
Even divine incarnations accept hardship to uphold dharma, turning suffering into a stage for righteous action.
Prabhāsa remains the māhātmya setting, though this verse expands the narrative to Viṣṇu’s future earthly descent.
None; it is prophetic narrative content.