Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
संविभज्याथ रत्नानि समं राज्यं विधीयताम् । यावदेवं प्रगल्भंते तावत्पश्यंति नारदम्
saṃvibhajyātha ratnāni samaṃ rājyaṃ vidhīyatām | yāvadevaṃ pragalbhaṃte tāvatpaśyaṃti nāradam
“Maka biarlah permata-permata itu dibagi, dan kerajaan ditata dengan adil dan setara.” Ketika mereka berkata demikian dengan berani, saat itu juga mereka melihat Nārada.
Daityas (first sentence), then narrator notes the appearance of Nārada
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtly assembly mid-argument over jewels and shared sovereignty; at the climax, all heads turn upward as Nārada suddenly appears, arresting speech and shifting the mood from contention to awe.
FAQs
Power-sharing and distribution invite higher counsel; divine sages like Nārada appear to redirect events toward dharma.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, within whose māhātmya Nārada’s intervention forms part of the sacred narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse concerns equitable distribution and the arrival of a sage.