Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
संविभज्याथ रत्नानि समं राज्यं विधीयताम् । यावदेवं प्रगल्भंते तावत्पश्यंति नारदम्
saṃvibhajyātha ratnāni samaṃ rājyaṃ vidhīyatām | yāvadevaṃ pragalbhaṃte tāvatpaśyaṃti nāradam
Qu’on partage donc les joyaux et que le royaume soit établi à parts égales. Tandis qu’ils parlaient avec tant d’audace, ils aperçurent alors Nārada.
Daityas (first sentence), then narrator notes the appearance of Nārada
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtly assembly mid-argument over jewels and shared sovereignty; at the climax, all heads turn upward as Nārada suddenly appears, arresting speech and shifting the mood from contention to awe.
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Power-sharing and distribution invite higher counsel; divine sages like Nārada appear to redirect events toward dharma.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, within whose māhātmya Nārada’s intervention forms part of the sacred narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse concerns equitable distribution and the arrival of a sage.