Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कथं विनष्टा भगवन्नन्धका वृष्णिभिः सह । पश्यतो वासुदेवस्य भोजाश्चैव महारथाः
devyuvāca | kathaṃ vinaṣṭā bhagavannandhakā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha | paśyato vāsudevasya bhojāścaiva mahārathāḥ
女神は言われた。「ああ、福徳なる主よ、アンダカ族はヴリシュニ族とともにいかにして滅びたのですか。さらにヴァースデーヴァが見守る中、ボージャ族の大車戦士たちはいかにして終焉を迎えたのですか。」
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādeva (Īśvara)
Scene: Devī questions Mahādeva about the mysterious destruction of the Andhakas, Vṛṣṇis, and Bhojas, even as Vāsudeva witnesses it—an ominous prelude to the Mausala catastrophe at Prabhāsa.
FAQs
It frames a dharma-inquiry: even the mighty fall under time (kāla) and destiny, prompting reflection on causality and conduct.
The question arises in the Prabhāsa context, leading into the account connected with Yādavasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it is an inquiry that introduces the narrative explanation.