Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
प्राक्षिपत्सागरे तत्र पुरुषो राजशासितः । अथोवाच स्वनगरे वचनादाहुकस्य हि
prākṣipatsāgare tatra puruṣo rājaśāsitaḥ | athovāca svanagare vacanādāhukasya hi
Là, un homme —agissant sur l’ordre du roi— fut jeté dans la mer. Puis, dans sa propre cité, il proclama ces paroles, car elles avaient été prononcées par Āhuka.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-samudra-tīra (sea-shore of Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A royal agent, under command, throws the powdered cursed substance into the sea; later, proclamation/announcement in the city referencing Āhuka’s words—two-scene diptych: shore and city.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show how royal authority and public action can become instruments of fate; adherence to command and proclamation sets the stage for unfolding karmic consequences.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), the sacred coastal pilgrimage landscape praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse describes an act under royal order rather than a vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.