Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
लब्ध्वा कलेवरं सोऽथ विस्मयं परमं गतः । तत्स्मृत्वा वचनं सर्वं धर्मराजस्य धीमतः
labdhvā kalevaraṃ so'tha vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | tatsmṛtvā vacanaṃ sarvaṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
Als er seinen Leib wiedererlangte, wurde er von größtem Staunen erfüllt; und er erinnerte sich an jedes Wort, das der weise Dharmarāja gesprochen hatte.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: A brāhmaṇa awakening or returning to embodied life, eyes widened in wonder, hands to chest; a subtle aura of Dharmarāja’s remembered words hovering like unseen script or light.
FAQs
Divine instruction on dharma, once received, should be remembered and lived out with reverence.
The remembered teaching concerns Prabhāsa Kṣetra and Narakeśvara, though this verse narrates the recipient’s response.
None; it describes the aftermath—regaining the body and recalling Dharmarāja’s words.