Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
स्वभावतोऽल्पसत्त्वानां जघनानि विसुस्रुवुः । श्रूयते चाप्ययं श्लोकः पुराणप्रथितः क्षितौ
svabhāvato'lpasattvānāṃ jaghanāni visusruvuḥ | śrūyate cāpyayaṃ ślokaḥ purāṇaprathitaḥ kṣitau
Menurut tabiatnya, mereka yang sedikit kekuatan batinnya menjadi goyah pada pinggulnya. Dan śloka ini, termasyhur dalam Purāṇa, juga terdengar di bumi.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame audience)
Scene: A proverbial, almost emblematic scene: women of ‘alpa-sattva’ swaying, with a narrator’s voice invoking a ‘Purāṇa-prathita’ verse—half narrative, half aphorism.
FAQs
It cautions that lack of inner steadiness (sattva) leads to loss of restraint; Dharma requires self-control.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), though this verse itself is a moral observation within the Māhātmya narrative.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it functions as an ethical maxim within the sacred narrative.