Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
लब्धसंज्ञः पुनः सोऽपि क्रोधोद्भूततनूरुहः । उवाच सर्वाः स्वाः पुत्रीः किमित्थं मलिनांबराः । किमिदं निष्प्रभाः सर्वाः कथयध्वं ममानघाः
labdhasaṃjñaḥ punaḥ so'pi krodhodbhūtatanūruhaḥ | uvāca sarvāḥ svāḥ putrīḥ kimitthaṃ malināṃbarāḥ | kimidaṃ niṣprabhāḥ sarvāḥ kathayadhvaṃ mamānaghāḥ
Revenant à lui, et sous l’emportement faisant se hérisser les poils de son corps, il dit à toutes ses filles : «Pourquoi portez-vous des vêtements souillés ? Pourquoi êtes-vous toutes sans éclat ? Dites-le-moi, ô irréprochables.»
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Ambikā/Devi)
Scene: Dakṣa regains composure; anger bristles as hairs stand on end. He addresses his daughters with protective authority, demanding the reason for their soiled garments and lost radiance.
FAQs
Dharma begins with attentive inquiry: a protector must recognize distress and seek truthful explanation before acting.
The setting remains the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya framework, though this verse focuses on the domestic/cosmic dispute.
None; it is a narrative dialogue prompting the disclosure of wrongdoing.