Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 152
नृपासनं विमुंचंतु भवंतो न विचार्यताम् । नो चेच्चंद्रागदस्याशु बाणाः प्राणान्हरंति वः
nṛpāsanaṃ vimuṃcaṃtu bhavaṃto na vicāryatām | no ceccaṃdrāgadasyāśu bāṇāḥ prāṇānharaṃti vaḥ
ನೀವು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ತಕ್ಷಣ ರಾಜಾಸನವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿರಿ; ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿ ವಿಳಂಬ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿ. ಇಲ್ಲವಾದರೆ ಚಂದ್ರಾಂಗದನ ವೇಗವಾದ ಬಾಣಗಳು ಶೀಘ್ರವೇ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹರಣಮಾಡುವವು.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s telling)
Scene: A tense royal court: counselors and attendants recoil as a herald/warrior issues an ultimatum—abandon the throne or face Candrāṅgada’s swift arrows; the throne and royal insignia dominate the foreground.
FAQs
Arrogance and unlawful holding of power invites swift retribution; righteous authority must be honored.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative tension within the Somavāra-vrata māhātmya context.
None explicitly; the verse is a warning within the storyline.