Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
संविभज्याथ रत्नानि समं राज्यं विधीयताम् । यावदेवं प्रगल्भंते तावत्पश्यंति नारदम्
saṃvibhajyātha ratnāni samaṃ rājyaṃ vidhīyatām | yāvadevaṃ pragalbhaṃte tāvatpaśyaṃti nāradam
അപ്പോൾ അവർ—“രത്നങ്ങൾ യഥോചിതമായി വിഭജിക്കട്ടെ; രാജ്യം സമമായി ക്രമീകരിക്കട്ടെ” എന്നു ധൈര്യത്തോടെ പറയുമ്പോഴേക്കും നാരദനെ അവർ ദർശിച്ചു।
Daityas (first sentence), then narrator notes the appearance of Nārada
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtly assembly mid-argument over jewels and shared sovereignty; at the climax, all heads turn upward as Nārada suddenly appears, arresting speech and shifting the mood from contention to awe.
FAQs
Power-sharing and distribution invite higher counsel; divine sages like Nārada appear to redirect events toward dharma.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, within whose māhātmya Nārada’s intervention forms part of the sacred narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse concerns equitable distribution and the arrival of a sage.