Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
अजापालोऽपि साक्षेपं प्रत्यु क्त्वा कारणोत्तरम् । प्रेषयामास धूम्राक्षं ततः कृत्यं समादधे
ajāpālo'pi sākṣepaṃ pratyu ktvā kāraṇottaram | preṣayāmāsa dhūmrākṣaṃ tataḥ kṛtyaṃ samādadhe
អជាបាលក៏បានឆ្លើយតបយ៉ាងតឹងរ៉ឹង ដោយលើកហេតុផលតបវិញ; បន្ទាប់មកគាត់បានបញ្ជូនធូម្រាក្សាចេញទៅ ហើយក្រោយមកបានចាប់ផ្តើមពិធីក្រឹត្យា។
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Ajāpāla, composed yet stern, gestures sharply while answering; Dhūmrākṣa withdraws. Immediately, Ajāpāla turns to a ritual space—drawing a diagram, arranging offerings, preparing a kṛtya.
FAQs
Reasoned firmness and timely sacred action are portrayed as legitimate defenses against oppressive threats.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred context, though the verse focuses on the narrative turn.
A kṛtya (operative rite) is mentioned generally; details appear in the following verses.