Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
लोकमध्ये कृतं हास्यमिह चैव विगर्हितः । यद्येष ते स्थितो भावस्तिष्ठ देव नमोऽस्तु ते
lokamadhye kṛtaṃ hāsyamiha caiva vigarhitaḥ | yadyeṣa te sthito bhāvastiṣṭha deva namo'stu te
Di tengah dunia engkau menjadi bahan tertawaan, dan di sini pun engkau dicela. Jika sikap itu telah teguh dalam dirimu, maka tetaplah sebagaimana adanya, wahai Dewa—sembah sujud bagimu.
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense exchange in a sacred precinct: a figure addresses a deva with folded hands, yet words carry reproach—public shame and censure hang in the air; temple silhouettes and sea-breeze of Prabhāsa implied.
FAQs
Dharma safeguards honor; persistent wrongdoing brings public censure, and divine speech can withdraw approval while still maintaining formal reverence.
The teaching is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya setting, underscoring Prabhāsa as a locus of dharmic accountability.
None; it is a concluding moral pronouncement within an assembly/ritual narrative context.