Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
सोऽथ कालेन महता नामकर्मप्रवर्तितः । व्यसनोपहतः पापस्त्यक्तो बन्धुजनैस्तथा
so'tha kālena mahatā nāmakarmapravartitaḥ | vyasanopahataḥ pāpastyakto bandhujanaistathā
তারপর বহু কাল অতিক্রান্ত হলে সে নাম ও কর্মে প্রবৃত্ত হল। ব্যসনে আঘাতপ্রাপ্ত পাপীকে তার স্বজনেরাও ত্যাগ করল।
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A once-promising man, now worn by vice, stands alone as relatives turn away; dusk tones, sense of exile and inner collapse.
FAQs
Vices (vyasana) erode character and community ties, showing how adharma isolates a person and ripens into suffering.
No specific site is praised in this verse; it advances the moral plot within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting.
None; the verse is descriptive of karmic and social consequence.