Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
तस्मिन्स ब्राह्मणो नैच्छत्पुत्रं दातुं तथाविधम् । चुक्रोध दितिजस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य ततो भृशम्
tasminsa brāhmaṇo naicchatputraṃ dātuṃ tathāvidham | cukrodha ditijastasya brāhmaṇasya tato bhṛśam
But that brāhmaṇa did not wish to give such a son. Then the Daitya grew fiercely enraged with that brāhmaṇa.
Narrator (within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (approaching narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (implied)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa remains composed, refusing; the daitya’s face contorts with rage, aura darkening; attendants recoil, nature around seems tense.
FAQs
When desire is denied, anger arises—this verse highlights how adharma begins with uncontrolled wrath directed at the righteous.
The episode is situated in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, framing moral events within the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
None; the verse describes a moral turning point (refusal and ensuing anger).