Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96
इत्येवमादिभिर्नित्यं प्रेरणीप्रेक्षणीयकैः । प्रेरयेत्तान्महानित्थं पुत्रभ्रातृसुहृद्वृतः
ityevamādibhirnityaṃ preraṇīprekṣaṇīyakaiḥ | prerayettānmahānitthaṃ putrabhrātṛsuhṛdvṛtaḥ
ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸುವ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಮಯ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಆ ಮಹಾದುಷ್ಟನು—ಪುತ್ರರು, ಸಹೋದರರು, ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರಿಂದ ಸುತ್ತುವರಿದವನು—ಅವರನ್ನು ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಉತ್ತೇಜಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s recitation in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A swaggering instigator at the center, gesturing theatrically while sons, brothers, and friends cluster around; the crowd is being urged forward, faces inflamed by spectacle.
FAQs
Adharma spreads through instigation and bad company; dharma requires discernment about companions and influences.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, using ethical exempla to guide pilgrims in Prabhāsa.
None; the verse focuses on social-moral dynamics.
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