Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
लोकपालास्तथा सर्वे तस्य कर्म प्रचक्रिरे । दासवत्पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ यज्ञभागं विनाकृताः
lokapālāstathā sarve tasya karma pracakrire | dāsavatpārthivaśreṣṭha yajñabhāgaṃ vinākṛtāḥ
ពួកលោកបាល (អ្នកអភិបាលលោក) ទាំងអស់ក៏ដូចគ្នា បានធ្វើកិច្ចការរបស់ព្រះអង្គនោះ; ឱ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រល្អបំផុត! ពួកគេត្រូវបានធ្វើឲ្យដូចជាទាសករ ដោយត្រូវដកហូតភាគយញ្ញរបស់ខ្លួន។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: king addressed as 'pārthiva-śreṣṭha'
Scene: The eight Lokapālas stand with lowered insignia—Indra’s vajra dim, Varuṇa’s pāśa slack—performing another’s bidding like attendants; the atmosphere is heavy with humiliation and urgency.
FAQs
Dharma sustains cosmic dignity; when adharma rules, rightful guardians are reduced to servitude and sacred reciprocity (yajña) collapses.
Not mentioned in this verse.
It implies the dharmic institution of yajña shares due to deities, here forcibly withheld.