Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथा तव पराभवः । शत्रुभ्यः संप्रजातोऽत्र द्विजानामपमानतः
adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi yathā tava parābhavaḥ | śatrubhyaḥ saṃprajāto'tra dvijānāmapamānataḥ
இப்போது நான் விளக்குகிறேன்—இங்கு பகைவர்களால் உனக்கு ஏற்பட்ட தோல்வி எவ்வாறு வந்தது; இருமுறை பிறந்தோர் (பிராமணர்) அவமதிக்கப்பட்டதாலேயே அது உண்டாயிற்று।
Nārada
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: Nārada points to the moral cause of the king’s military/political defeat: the king’s earlier act of humiliating brāhmaṇas; a symbolic backdrop shows a battlefield fading behind the hermitage scene.
FAQs
A king’s power is upheld by dharma; disrespect toward the righteous (especially Brāhmaṇas) is portrayed as a direct cause of political ruin.
The verse is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative flow, though it highlights dharma rather than geography.
No direct ritual; it identifies dvija-apamāna (insulting Brāhmaṇas) as the key transgression to be remedied.