Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
मलिनास्ताः कृशांग्यश्च दीनाः सर्वा विचेतसः । ततो दृष्ट्वा तथारूपं दक्षो मोहमुपागतः
malināstāḥ kṛśāṃgyaśca dīnāḥ sarvā vicetasaḥ | tato dṛṣṭvā tathārūpaṃ dakṣo mohamupāgataḥ
তারা সকলেই মলিন, কৃশাঙ্গী, দীন ও ব্যাকুল হয়ে পড়ল; তাদের সেই অবস্থা দেখে দক্ষ মোহগ্রস্ত হল।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The maidens appear thin, sullied, and despondent; Dakṣa beholds their altered forms and is struck with bewilderment—an abrupt shift from radiance to ruin.
FAQs
Adharma manifests as visible suffering; a guardian must respond when dependents are harmed by injustice.
The episode is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking cosmic order and disorder to sacred geography.
None; this verse describes the daughters’ condition and Dakṣa’s reaction.