Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
महाप्रभावो देवेशि सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशनः । मित्रो नाम पुरा देवि धर्मात्माऽभूद्धरातले । कायस्थः सर्वभूतानां नित्यं भूतहिते रतः
mahāprabhāvo deveśi sarvadāridryanāśanaḥ | mitro nāma purā devi dharmātmā'bhūddharātale | kāyasthaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ nityaṃ bhūtahite rataḥ
ഹേ ദേവേശി, ഇത് മഹാപ്രഭാവമുള്ളതും എല്ലാ ദാരിദ്ര്യവും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്. പുരാതനകാലത്ത്, ഹേ ദേവി, ഭൂമിയിൽ ‘മിത്ര’ എന്നൊരു ധർമ്മാത്മാവായ കായസ്ഥൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അവൻ നിത്യവും സർവ്വഭൂതഹിതത്തിൽ നിരതനായിരുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva) (carried over from 139.1)
Tirtha: Citrāditya/Brahma-kuṇḍa vicinity (station introduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A righteous kāyastha named Mitra, modestly dressed, distributing food/coins, helping petitioners; behind him a shrine/kuṇḍa of Prabhāsa. The atmosphere suggests compassion and the turning of fortune through dharma.
FAQs
True dharma is shown through constant concern for the welfare of beings, and sacred places are praised as removing material and spiritual impoverishment.
The immediate narrative context is the Citrāditya/Brahma-kuṇḍa region in Prabhāsa; the verse highlights a poverty-destroying sacred potency tied to that locale.
None explicitly; the verse introduces the tīrtha’s fruit (poverty-destruction) and a dharmic exemplar (Mitra).