Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
सृजेयं च ग्रसेयं च नात्र कार्या विचारणा । यदा न शक्यते स्तंभान्मत्तश्चैव विमोहितः
sṛjeyaṃ ca graseyaṃ ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | yadā na śakyate staṃbhānmattaścaiva vimohitaḥ
मी सृष्टी करू शकतो आणि ग्रासही करू शकतो—इथे विचार करण्याचे कारण नाही. जेव्हा मला कोणी थांबवू वा आवरू शकत नाही, तेव्हा मी मत्त होऊन पूर्णतः मोहग्रस्त होतो.
King Vena (implied within the Vena narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Inquirer within the māhātmya frame (not specified in excerpt)
Scene: A proud king or cosmic speaker proclaiming effortless creation and destruction, with a shadow of intoxication/delusion overtaking the face; sages in the background concerned, the atmosphere tense.
FAQs
Unchecked power without dharma leads to intoxication (mada) and delusion (moha), causing ruin for ruler and realm.
The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa region); this verse serves the moral-historical narrative within that sacred geography.
None in this verse; it is a doctrinal warning embedded in the sacred-history section.