Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
प्रेक्षणीकस्य ते स्थानं नाहं पश्यामि स्वर्पते । यावद्राज्यं बलेस्तावत्त्वया मे न प्रयोजनम्
prekṣaṇīkasya te sthānaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi svarpate | yāvadrājyaṃ balestāvattvayā me na prayojanam
Wahai Penguasa surga, aku tidak melihat tempat bagimu untuk berdiri sekadar sebagai penonton. Selama kerajaan Bali masih bertahan, aku tidak memerlukanmu dalam peranan itu.
Nārada (contextual, continuing speech)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A sage addresses Indra (or a deva-lord) with firm composure; Indra stands with vajra, slightly chastened; behind them a symbolic vision of Bali’s prosperous reign or a throne motif; the sea-coast shrine landscape anchors the scene.
FAQs
Power and status are transient; dharma and rightful sovereignty are portrayed as operating under cosmic order.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa is the narrative setting where these themes are unfolded.
No ritual instruction appears here; it is a political-cosmic statement within the māhātmya narrative.