Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अस्माकं दर्शनं चास्य संभाष्यमृषिभिः सह । संजातं निष्फलं मा स्यादित्युवाचांगिरा वचः
asmākaṃ darśanaṃ cāsya saṃbhāṣyamṛṣibhiḥ saha | saṃjātaṃ niṣphalaṃ mā syādityuvācāṃgirā vacaḥ
Aṅgirā berkata: “Janganlah pertemuan kita dengannya dan perbualan ini bersama para resi menjadi sia-sia.”
Narrator introducing Aṅgirā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Aṅgirā, dignified and compassionate, turns toward fellow sages and the robber, expressing resolve that the meeting should bear fruit; the group forms a semicircle, indicating counsel about to begin.
FAQs
Sages seek the spiritual welfare of even wrongdoers, turning chance encounters into opportunities for upliftment.
The narrative is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, the praise of the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
None; the focus is on purposeful spiritual instruction (upadeśa).