Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
वामन उवाच । महर्षे शृणु मे वाक्यं का शक्तिर्मम विद्यते । कोऽहं कस्मात्करिष्यामि यज्ञे देवाः समागताः
vāmana uvāca | maharṣe śṛṇu me vākyaṃ kā śaktirmama vidyate | ko'haṃ kasmātkariṣyāmi yajñe devāḥ samāgatāḥ
Vāmana berkata: “Wahai maharṣi, dengarlah kata-kataku. Apakah daya yang ada padaku? Siapakah aku, dan apakah yang mampu aku lakukan—sedangkan para dewa sendiri telah berhimpun dalam yajña ini?”
Vāmana
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārṣi (addressed as maharṣe)
Scene: Vāmana, modest and composed, addresses a great sage amid a grand yajña where devas are visibly present; his posture conveys humility despite divine aura.
FAQs
Even divine figures model humility; true resolution in dharma arises from right counsel and cosmic order, not ego.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, the sacred setting for a yajña where gods assemble and dharmic dilemmas are resolved.
No direct prescription; it situates the event within a yajña attended by devas, emphasizing the rite’s sanctity.