Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
पुनश्चैव विनश्यन्ति विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति । तस्यापमानात्त्वं देवि देहं तत्यक्थ वै पुरा
punaścaiva vinaśyanti vidvāṃstatra na muhyati | tasyāpamānāttvaṃ devi dehaṃ tatyaktha vai purā
અને ફરી તેઓ નાશ પામે છે; તેમાં વિદ્વાન મોહ પામતો નથી. તેના અપમાનથી, હે દેવી, તું પૂર્વે એક વાર દેહ ત્યાગ કર્યો હતો।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Satī, composed yet sorrowful, turns away from Dakṣa’s sacrificial arena; the atmosphere is heavy with smoke and harsh words. A contrasting panel shows a serene sage embodying ‘the wise are not deluded’, while Satī’s yogic resolve culminates in abandoning the body.
FAQs
It links impermanence with discernment: the wise are not shaken by rise and fall, yet they uphold dharma by rejecting dishonor to the Divine.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the section’s sacred setting; this verse itself focuses on the Dakṣa–Satī episode rather than a named sub-tīrtha.
None is stated in this verse.
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