Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
निग्रहं स बलेः पश्चात्करिष्यति मम प्रियम् । युद्धं विना कथं स्थेयं वर्तमानं महोल्बणम्
nigrahaṃ sa baleḥ paścātkariṣyati mama priyam | yuddhaṃ vinā kathaṃ stheyaṃ vartamānaṃ maholbaṇam
«Ensuite il contiendra Bali, accomplissant ce qui m’est cher. Mais comment supporter l’état présent, si terriblement violent, sans bataille ?»
Sārasvata (narrating the strategic concern within the story)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A speaker foresees Viṣṇu’s later restraint of Bali, while the present moment seethes with ferocity; the composition contrasts calm prophetic certainty with a stormy battlefield horizon that is held back, as if time itself is paused.
FAQs
Even when divine resolution is assured, present crises test steadiness; dharma seeks order, sometimes amid unavoidable conflict.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse belongs to the narrative sequence embedded in the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra māhātmya.
None; the focus is on narrative tension concerning battle and the subduing of Bali.