Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अन्येषां यदुवीराणां पापकर्मातिनिर्घृणः । जिजीविषुरिह प्राप्तो वासुदेवनिराकृतः
anyeṣāṃ yaduvīrāṇāṃ pāpakarmātinirghṛṇaḥ | jijīviṣuriha prāpto vāsudevanirākṛtaḥ
അവൻ മറ്റു യദുവീരന്മാരെയും കുറിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു—പാപകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ ലിപ്തരും അത്യന്തം കരുണാരഹിതരുമായവർ. ഞാൻ ജീവിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ ഇവിടെ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു; വാസുദേവൻ തള്ളിയതുപോലെ.
Arjuna (reported within Īśvara’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’ in nearby verses) / assembled sages (frame-dependent)
Scene: A remorseful Yādava hero stands at Prabhāsa’s sacred shore, head bowed, speaking of other Yādavas’ cruelty and his own clinging to life, feeling cast off by Vāsudeva; the sea and temple horizon loom as witnesses.
FAQs
Power and lineage do not protect one who abandons dharma; the Purāṇic lens reads historical tragedy as ethical instruction.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha-cycle, where Yādava-associated events frame the sanctity of local rivers and rites.
None explicitly; it is a confessional narrative that precedes tīrtha-phala teachings.