Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
सुभद्रोवाच । शस्त्राणां कारणान्मूढैर्हतोऽसौ मुनिपुंगवः प्र । यच्छन्नपि चान्यानि तदाकाराणि सुव्रत
subhadrovāca | śastrāṇāṃ kāraṇānmūḍhairhato'sau munipuṃgavaḥ pra | yacchannapi cānyāni tadākārāṇi suvrata
Subhadrā berkata: “Kerana urusan senjata, pertapa agung itu—laksana lembu jantan di antara para resi—telah dibunuh oleh orang-orang yang sesat. Wahai yang berikrar mulia, meski beliau menyembunyikannya, mereka tetap mencari rupa-rupa lain bagi senjata yang sama itu.”
Subhadrā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: (her son / the questioning ascetic figure)
Scene: Subhadrā, composed yet sorrowful, narrates the killing of a great sage by deluded weapon-bearers; faint silhouettes of weapons or their ‘other forms’ hover symbolically, suggesting obsession that persists despite concealment.
FAQs
Attachment to power (weapons) breeds delusion and violence; even sages can be targeted when worldly aims dominate.
The passage is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, connecting the moral narrative to the sanctified geography of Prabhāsa.
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