Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
सुनामा वसुनामा च मंत्रिणौ बुद्धिसत्तमौ । सेनापतिश्चोग्रदंष्टस्तस्य भ्राता महाहनुः
sunāmā vasunāmā ca maṃtriṇau buddhisattamau | senāpatiścogradaṃṣṭastasya bhrātā mahāhanuḥ
सुनामा वसुनामा च मन्त्रिणौ बुद्धिसत्तमौ तत्रास्ताम्। सेनापतिरोग्रदंष्ट्रोऽभूत्, तस्य भ्राता महाहनुः॥
Sūta (deduced narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A council-and-muster tableau: two minister-figures with scrolls or gesture of counsel stand near a towering commander with prominent tusk-like teeth (Ogradaṃṣṭra) and his strong-jawed brother; troops assemble behind.
FAQs
Even intelligence and strategy, when aligned to adharma, cannot secure lasting good; wisdom must be joined to righteousness.
Dvārakā is the Mahātmya context; the verse details the opposing leadership within that sacred narrative.
None; it identifies ministers and military leadership.