Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104
ततश्चार्बुदमासाद्य वेष्टयित्वा स दूरतः । संमितैः सचिवैः सार्धं तदंतिकमुपाद्रवत्
tataścārbudamāsādya veṣṭayitvā sa dūrataḥ | saṃmitaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ tadaṃtikamupādravat
പിന്നീട് അവൻ അർബുദത്തെ എത്തി ദൂരത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ആ സ്ഥലത്തെ വളഞ്ഞു; തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത മന്ത്രിമാരോടൊപ്പം അവളുടെ സമീപത്തേക്ക് വേഗത്തിൽ പാഞ്ഞെത്തി.
Narrator (purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa → Arbuda-khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fortified encampment ringed at a distance around Arbuda’s foothills; the king with a small circle of ministers breaks away from the massed army and moves toward the inner sacred vicinity.
FAQs
Unchecked desire and aggression begin with encirclement and control; dharma warns against approaching the divine through force.
Arbuda—presented as a sacred mountain-region whose sanctity frames the episode.
None in this verse; it is narrative setup describing an approach to the sacred locale.