Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
प्राक्षिपत्सागरे तत्र पुरुषो राजशासितः । अथोवाच स्वनगरे वचनादाहुकस्य हि
prākṣipatsāgare tatra puruṣo rājaśāsitaḥ | athovāca svanagare vacanādāhukasya hi
तेथे राजाच्या आज्ञेने एका पुरुषाला सागरात टाकण्यात आले. मग आपल्या नगरात त्याने हे जाहीर केले, कारण ते आहुकाच्या वचनानुसार होते.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-samudra-tīra (sea-shore of Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A royal agent, under command, throws the powdered cursed substance into the sea; later, proclamation/announcement in the city referencing Āhuka’s words—two-scene diptych: shore and city.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show how royal authority and public action can become instruments of fate; adherence to command and proclamation sets the stage for unfolding karmic consequences.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), the sacred coastal pilgrimage landscape praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse describes an act under royal order rather than a vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.