Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
एवमुक्त्वा च ते सर्वे पितरस्तु सुदुःखिताः । याताश्च नरकं भूयः प्रबुद्धः सोऽपि पार्थिवः
evamuktvā ca te sarve pitarastu suduḥkhitāḥ | yātāśca narakaṃ bhūyaḥ prabuddhaḥ so'pi pārthivaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ആ പിതാക്കൾ എല്ലാം അത്യന്തം ദുഃഖിതരായി വീണ്ടും നരകത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; ആ രാജാവും ഉണർന്നു.
Narrator (purāṇic narration within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The pitṛs fade back into a dark infernal passage, their faces sorrowful; the king jolts awake on a royal bedchamber floor lit by early dawn, sweat and remorse visible.
FAQs
A dream-vision can serve as moral awakening: the king is jolted into responsibility after witnessing ancestral distress.
Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse sets up the king’s resolve to undertake auspicious rites in response.