Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तिर्यग्योन्यां समुत्पन्नः कृपणः शशको ह्ययम् । अस्माभिः स्पर्द्धते तस्मात्ततो भयमुपस्थितम्
tiryagyonyāṃ samutpannaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ śaśako hyayam | asmābhiḥ sparddhate tasmāttato bhayamupasthitam
«Ce lièvre misérable est né d’une matrice animale, et pourtant il ose rivaliser avec nous. C’est pourquoi, à cause de lui, la crainte s’est levée en nous.»
Tridaśas (Devas), in narrative dialogue
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirers / ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A council of devas or celestial beings reacting with alarm and indignation to a small hare; the hare stands boldly, suggesting a karmic or tīrtha-born empowerment.
FAQs
Pride and rivalry can create fear even among the powerful; humility is a key purāṇic virtue.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
None explicitly in this verse; it is narrative setup within the site’s māhātmya.