Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
तस्कर उवाच । स्यातां मे पितरौ वृद्धौ भार्यैकाऽपत्यवर्ज्जिता । एका दासी ह्यहं षष्ठो नान्यदस्त्यधिकं मुने
taskara uvāca | syātāṃ me pitarau vṛddhau bhāryaikā'patyavarjjitā | ekā dāsī hyahaṃ ṣaṣṭho nānyadastyadhikaṃ mune
Le voleur dit : «J’ai mes deux parents âgés et une épouse sans enfant. Il y a une servante ; avec moi, nous sommes six. Il n’y a rien de plus, ô sage».
Taskara (the robber)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The robber, now more humanized, gestures toward an imagined home: two aged parents, a wife, a maid; his face shows worry and justification; sages listen without contempt.
FAQs
It sets the stage for examining whether dependents consent to or share in the consequences of sinful means of support.
The episode unfolds within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, part of the Skanda Purana’s sacred geography.
None; the verse provides narrative details for the forthcoming moral instruction.