Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तस्मिञ्छासति धर्मज्ञे न चावृष्टिकृतं भयम् । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य पूर्वकर्मानुसारतः
tasmiñchāsati dharmajñe na cāvṛṣṭikṛtaṃ bhayam | kasyacittvatha kālasya pūrvakarmānusārataḥ
Tant que régnait ce roi connaisseur du dharma, nulle crainte née de la sécheresse n’existait. Pourtant, à un certain moment—selon la maturation des actes antérieurs—un changement survint.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Nandāditya / Prabhāsa circuit (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A shift from prosperity to looming uncertainty: despite Nanda’s dharmic rule and absence of drought-fear, time turns as past karma ripens—hinting at clouds withholding rain and anxious counsel in court.
FAQs
Even under righteous leadership, collective karma can mature, reminding that events unfold under moral causality.
This is part of the lead-in narrative to Nandāditya in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it provides karmic framing for the forthcoming māhātmya narrative.