Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
हृतसिंहासनः शूरैर्दायादैः सोऽप्रजो नृपः । निगृह्य काराभवने सपत्नीको निवेशितः
hṛtasiṃhāsanaḥ śūrairdāyādaiḥ so'prajo nṛpaḥ | nigṛhya kārābhavane sapatnīko niveśitaḥ
വംശാവകാശിയില്ലാത്ത ആ രാജാവിന്റെ സിംഹാസനം വീരരായ ദായാദന്മാർ കവർന്നു. കീഴടക്കപ്പെട്ട അദ്ദേഹം രാജ്ഞിയോടുകൂടെ കാരാഗൃഹത്തിൽ അടയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ടു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A deposed, childless king is dragged from the throne by armed kinsmen; he and his queen are confined behind iron-barred doors in a dim prison-house.
FAQs
Worldly sovereignty is unstable; dharma and endurance in adversity are upheld over mere power.
No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is purely narrative.