Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तिर्यग्योन्यां समुत्पन्नः कृपणः शशको ह्ययम् । अस्माभिः स्पर्द्धते तस्मात्ततो भयमुपस्थितम्
tiryagyonyāṃ samutpannaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ śaśako hyayam | asmābhiḥ sparddhate tasmāttato bhayamupasthitam
“Arnab yang hina ini lahir dalam rahim binatang, namun berani bersaing dengan kami. Maka kerana dialah ketakutan telah timbul dalam diri kami.”
Tridaśas (Devas), in narrative dialogue
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirers / ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A council of devas or celestial beings reacting with alarm and indignation to a small hare; the hare stands boldly, suggesting a karmic or tīrtha-born empowerment.
FAQs
Pride and rivalry can create fear even among the powerful; humility is a key purāṇic virtue.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
None explicitly in this verse; it is narrative setup within the site’s māhātmya.