Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
मृते पितरि बालस्त्वं स्वभिषिक्तः स्वमंत्रिभिः । अहं हि वंगराजस्य संजाता दुहिता किल
mṛte pitari bālastvaṃ svabhiṣiktaḥ svamaṃtribhiḥ | ahaṃ hi vaṃgarājasya saṃjātā duhitā kila
“Quando teu pai morreu, tu ainda eras menino, mas os teus próprios ministros te ungiram rei pelo rito de abhiṣeka. E eu, de fato, nasci como filha do rei de Vaṅga.”
Mṛgyu
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)
Scene: A young prince is ceremonially anointed by ministers; parallel vignette shows a princess born in Vaṅga; the speaker narrates these as karmic turns to the listening king.
FAQs
Worldly power arises through circumstance; lineage and political events are portrayed as karmically conditioned.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa tradition forms the setting, though the verse itself is genealogical narration.
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