Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
तापत्रयांत पापानि कुर्वंतो वृष्णयस्तथा । अद्विषन्ब्राह्मणांश्चापि पितॄन्देवांस्तथैव च
tāpatrayāṃta pāpāni kurvaṃto vṛṣṇayastathā | adviṣanbrāhmaṇāṃścāpi pitṝndevāṃstathaiva ca
ત્રિતાપથી પીડિત વૃષ્ણિઓ પાપકર્મ કરવા લાગ્યા; છતાં તેમણે બ્રાહ્મણો, પિતૃઓ અને દેવતાઓ પ્રત્યે દ્વેષ રાખ્યો નહીં.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Vṛṣṇis, burdened by the threefold miseries, slip into sinful actions; yet they still show reverence—no hatred—toward brāhmaṇas, ancestors, and gods, creating a poignant moral contrast.
FAQs
Even amid decline, reverence for Brāhmaṇas, Devas, and Pitṛs is upheld as a core dharmic anchor.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharmic ideals are contrasted with the approaching calamity.
Implicitly, continued honoring of Devas and Pitṛs (devapūjā and śrāddha) and respect for Brāhmaṇas, though no specific rite is detailed.