Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । दशार्णाधिपतेस्तस्य वज्रबाहोर्महाभुजः । बभूव शत्रुर्बलवान्राजा मगधराट् ततः
sūta uvāca | daśārṇādhipatestasya vajrabāhormahābhujaḥ | babhūva śatrurbalavānrājā magadharāṭ tataḥ
சூதர் கூறினார்—தசார்ணத்தின் அதிபதி, மகாபுஜன் வஜ்ரபாஹுவுக்கு அப்போது ஒரு வலிமைமிக்க பகைவன் எழுந்தான்—மகதத்தின் அரசன்।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Courtly scene: Vajrabāhu, lord of Daśārṇa, hears news that the Magadha king has become his powerful enemy; messengers and ministers gather in tense counsel.
FAQs
Worldly power inevitably meets opposition; a ruler must uphold rājadharma with strength and steadiness when adversity arises.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it introduces a historical-ethical episode centered on kings and dharma.
None; the verse sets the narrative context for a dharmic conflict.