Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
इत्युक्ते युयुधानेन पूजयामास तद्वचः । प्रद्युम्नो रथिनां श्रेष्ठो हार्दिक्यमथ भर्त्सयन्
ityukte yuyudhānena pūjayāmāsa tadvacaḥ | pradyumno rathināṃ śreṣṭho hārdikyamatha bhartsayan
যুযুধান এভাবে বললে, রথীদের শ্রেষ্ঠ প্রদ্যুম্ন সেই কথাকে সমর্থন করল এবং তারপর হার্দিক্যকে তিরস্কার করতে লাগল।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: Pradyumna, eminent rathin, nods in approval of Sātyaki’s rebuke; he turns to chastise Kṛtavarman, and the assembly divides into approving and resentful clusters.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld when the righteous publicly affirm moral truth and challenge dishonorable actions.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative demonstrates how conduct within a sacred space carries heightened consequence.
None; the focus is ethical discourse and censure within a royal/warrior assembly.