Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
मत्तोऽयमिति मन्वानाः समुत्तस्थुस्त्वरान्विताः । पूजयन्तो हलधरं तमृते सूतवंशजम्
matto'yamiti manvānāḥ samuttasthustvarānvitāḥ | pūjayanto haladharaṃ tamṛte sūtavaṃśajam
‘ਇਹ ਮੱਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ’ ਐਸਾ ਸਮਝ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਉੱਠ ਖੜੇ ਹੋਏ ਅਤੇ ਹਲਧਰ (ਬਲਰਾਮ) ਦੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗੇ—ਸੂਤ ਵੰਸ਼ਜ ਉਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾ।
Narrator (Purāṇic frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (and by extension the Purāṇa audience)
Scene: The sages rise swiftly, hands folded, offering arghya and respectful gestures to Haladhara; one Sūta-born man remains seated or unmoved, creating a sharp visual contrast and a charged silence.
FAQs
Disrespect in a sacred assembly—especially amid intoxication—can ignite grave consequences; humility and restraint protect dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where the moral drama unfolds.
The customary act of rising and offering honor (pūjā) to a revered person is implied.