Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
स बालवत्सया सार्धं भार्यया प्रस्थितो वनम्
sa bālavatsayā sārdhaṃ bhāryayā prasthito vanam
«Il partit pour la forêt avec son épouse, qui portait encore un enfant en bas âge.»
Sāvitrī
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (nṛpati) in the dialogue frame
Scene: Dyumatsena departs the city gates with his wife carrying the small child; minimal possessions, a forest path ahead, dusk light suggesting uncertainty yet resolve.
FAQs
When power falls away, dharma remains: endurance, family responsibility, and acceptance of hardship become the true royalty.
The wider account belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya; the forest episode serves as the moral prelude to later sacred outcomes.
None explicitly; it describes a life-transition into forest dwelling, a setting for austerity and dharmic living.