Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
तासामथोत्थितानां तु वासुदेवस्य पश्यतः । भित्त्वा वासांस्यनर्घाणि पात्रेषु पतितानि तु
tāsāmathotthitānāṃ tu vāsudevasya paśyataḥ | bhittvā vāsāṃsyanarghāṇi pātreṣu patitāni tu
Mais lorsqu’elles se levèrent—sous le regard de Vāsudeva—leurs vêtements inestimables se déchirèrent et tombèrent dans les vases qui s’y trouvaient.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: As the women rise, their costly garments tear and slip, falling into nearby ritual vessels; Vāsudeva watches—his expression tightening—while the scene turns from revelry to alarm.
FAQs
When restraint breaks, outward dignity also breaks—ethical lapses manifest as visible disorder.
The setting remains Prabhāsakṣetra within the Skanda Purana’s sacred geography.
None; it narrates an event leading to moral consequence.