Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
ततो ब्रह्मा सुरैः सार्द्धं भार्गवैश्च मह र्षिभिः । आगत्य चाब्रवीदौर्वं किमर्थं दहसि क्षितिम्
tato brahmā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ bhārgavaiśca maha rṣibhiḥ | āgatya cābravīdaurvaṃ kimarthaṃ dahasi kṣitim
ત્યારે બ્રહ્મા દેવતાઓ તથા ભાર્ગવ મહર્ષિઓ સાથે આવી ઔર્વને બોલ્યા—“તું કયા કારણથી પૃથ્વીને દહે છે?”
Narrator (introducing Brahmā’s address)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā arrives with a radiant retinue—devas and Bhārgava maharṣis—confronting Aūrva, asking why he burns the earth; the scene is charged with cosmic concern.
FAQs
Even intense ascetic power must answer to dharmic inquiry; righteous authority asks ‘why’ before it commands ‘stop’.
The chapter belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, reinforcing Prabhāsa’s sacred narrative landscape.
None directly; the focus is on dialogue and restraint of destructive power.
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