Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
स तस्य पार्श्वं निर्भिद्य ब्राह्मणस्य महात्मनः । वातापिः प्रहसंस्तत्र निश्चक्राम द्विजोदरात्
sa tasya pārśvaṃ nirbhidya brāhmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ | vātāpiḥ prahasaṃstatra niścakrāma dvijodarāt
Membelah sisi Brahmin yang berjiwa besar itu, Vatapi—ketawa di sana—meletus keluar dari perut kelahiran kedua itu.
Narrator (within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: देवी
Scene: A shocking moment: Vātāpi bursts from the brāhmaṇa’s belly, laughing—blood and terror contrasted with the brāhmaṇa’s sanctity; Ilvala’s deception implied off-scene.
FAQs
Violence against the righteous is shown as extreme adharma; such acts invite inevitable downfall and the intervention of higher dharma.
The narrative is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking moral history with the sanctified geography of Prabhāsa.
None; it describes the violent consequence of the deceptive feast.