Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
स तु मूढमतिर्मेने अहं विष्णुरिति प्रिये । चिह्नानि धारयामास चक्रादीनि वरानने
sa tu mūḍhamatirmene ahaṃ viṣṇuriti priye | cihnāni dhārayāmāsa cakrādīni varānane
എന്നാൽ അവൻ മോഹിതബുദ്ധിയോടെ, ഹേ പ്രിയേ, ‘ഞാനാണ് വിഷ്ണു’ എന്നു കരുതി. ഹേ സുന്ദരമുഖിയേ, ചക്രാദി ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ ധരിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Brahmadevarṣi origin narrative (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pauṇḍraka, deluded, adorns himself with Viṣṇu’s emblems—cakra and others—surrounded by courtiers who either flatter or doubt; the scene carries a cautionary tone.
FAQs
External symbols without inner realization can become instruments of delusion; humility and truthfulness safeguard dharma.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it advances the moral narrative within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya discourse.
None; rather, it cautions against adopting sacred insignia as mere display or for self-deification.