Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
ततस्तं व्याधिना ग्रस्तं पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जितम् । दायादाः सहसोपेता राज्यं जह्रुस्ततः परम्
tatastaṃ vyādhinā grastaṃ putrapautravivarjitam | dāyādāḥ sahasopetā rājyaṃ jahrustataḥ param
तेव्हा तो व्याधीने ग्रस्त झाला व पुत्र-पौत्रविहीन राहिला. तेव्हा दायादांनी तत्काळ जमून त्याचे राज्य हिरावून घेतले.
Narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā-kṣetra (implied by narrative flow)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A once-royal figure lies weakened by disease as kinsmen assemble in a courtly hall and seize royal insignia; the crown and parasol pass to others while the king’s gaze turns inward.
FAQs
Power without dharma is unstable; adharma culminates in suffering, isolation, and the loss of sovereignty.
This verse does not specify a tīrtha; it continues the didactic narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it narrates consequences rather than prescribing a rite.