Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
सपत्नककलिर्नाम नास्ति युद्धं हरेर्गजैः । न सर्प्पनकुलैर्नित्यं न बिडालैश्च मूषकैः
sapatnakakalirnāma nāsti yuddhaṃ harergajaiḥ | na sarppanakulairnityaṃ na biḍālaiśca mūṣakaiḥ
La rivalité dite « inimitié entre coépouses » était absente ; il n’y avait pas de combat entre lions et éléphants. Nulle querelle incessante entre serpents et mangoustes, ni entre chats et souris.
Nārada (implied by immediate narrative context in Adhyāya 14)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A symbolic peace-scene: co-wives without jealousy, lion and elephant resting together, serpent and mongoose coiled calmly, cat and mouse sharing food—an allegory of dharma’s pacifying power.
FAQs
Even ‘natural’ hostilities can be suspended by a higher dhārmic order—suggesting a sacred condition pervading the region and the narrative moment.
Vastrāpatha Kṣetra (in the Prabhāsa sacred geography) where extraordinary harmony is portrayed.
No explicit ritual; it is a poetic catalog of the cessation of conflict.