Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
उवाच तं मुनिं शक्रो न्यासो यस्तव सुव्रत । दत्तोऽस्माभिस्तु शस्त्राणां तानि क्षिप्रं प्रयच्छ नः
uvāca taṃ muniṃ śakro nyāso yastava suvrata | datto'smābhistu śastrāṇāṃ tāni kṣipraṃ prayaccha naḥ
शक्र ने उस मुनि से कहा—“हे सुव्रत! शस्त्रों का जो न्यास हमने तुम्हें सौंपा था, वे शस्त्र हमें शीघ्र दे दो।”
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (āśrama locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (probable)
Scene: Indra (Śakra) stands before the sage with folded hands yet firm urgency, requesting the return of weapons entrusted as a deposit; divine attendants wait at the forest edge.
FAQs
Sacred trust (nyāsa) and vowed integrity (suvrata) are highlighted: even divine authorities recognize the sanctity of custodianship.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s āśrama setting, where gods interact with sages in matters of cosmic order.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse focuses on the concept of nyāsa (entrusted custody) and rightful request.
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