Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्मिन्पुरवरे रम्ये राज्यं निहतकण्टकम् । करोति बान्धवैः सार्द्धमृद्धियुक्तः सुदर्शनः । हिरण्यदत्तस्य सुतो जातो गांधारकन्यया
tasminpuravare ramye rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam | karoti bāndhavaiḥ sārddhamṛddhiyuktaḥ sudarśanaḥ | hiraṇyadattasya suto jāto gāṃdhārakanyayā
त्या रम्य श्रेष्ठ नगरात श्रीसमृद्ध सुदर्शनाने बान्धवांसह कण्टकरहित (निर्विघ्न) राज्य केले। तो हिरण्यदत्ताचा पुत्र असून गांधारकन्येपासून जन्मला होता।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: King Sudarśana enthroned in a fortified city hall, surrounded by kinsmen-counsellors; symbols of prosperity—granaries, tribute, orderly guards—convey a trouble-free realm.
FAQs
Prosperity and stable rule are portrayed as fruits of dharma, where a king removes ‘thorns’—injustice and suffering—from society.
The larger passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya; this verse sets the human lineage context before the tīrtha and vrata teaching unfolds.
None directly in this verse; it introduces Sudarśana’s background before the later Śivarātri-vrata discussion.