Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तिर्यग्योन्यां समुत्पन्नः कृपणः शशको ह्ययम् । अस्माभिः स्पर्द्धते तस्मात्ततो भयमुपस्थितम्
tiryagyonyāṃ samutpannaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ śaśako hyayam | asmābhiḥ sparddhate tasmāttato bhayamupasthitam
এই কৃপণ খরগোশ তির্যক্-যোনিতে জন্মেছে, তবু আমাদের সঙ্গে প্রতিযোগিতা করে; তাই তার কারণে আমাদের মধ্যে ভয় উপস্থিত হয়েছে।
Tridaśas (Devas), in narrative dialogue
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirers / ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A council of devas or celestial beings reacting with alarm and indignation to a small hare; the hare stands boldly, suggesting a karmic or tīrtha-born empowerment.
FAQs
Pride and rivalry can create fear even among the powerful; humility is a key purāṇic virtue.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
None explicitly in this verse; it is narrative setup within the site’s māhātmya.