Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
एवं स्थिते मयाऽस्त्राणि यदि देयानि तेऽनघ । ततोस्थीनि प्रयच्छामि तदाकाराणि सुव्रत
evaṃ sthite mayā'strāṇi yadi deyāni te'nagha | tatosthīni prayacchāmi tadākārāṇi suvrata
「このような次第で、もし我が武器を汝に授けねばならぬのなら、罪なき者よ——善き誓願を保つ者よ——その同じ形として、我が骨そのものを差し出そう。」
Muni (Dadhīci, implied by the motif of donating bones for weapons)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A great sage declares that if weapons must be given, he will offer his own bones in the very shapes needed—an extreme vow of self-offering before Indra.
FAQs
Supreme dāna (selfless giving) is upheld as dharma—offering even one’s own body for the protection of the world.
The broader narrative sits within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, praising the sanctity of Prabhāsa through connected Purāṇic episodes.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights the ideal of charitable offering (dāna) as a dharmic archetype.