Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सांबो लज्जासमन्वितः । उवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं स स्मरन्नृषिसत्तमम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sāṃbo lajjāsamanvitaḥ | uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ sa smarannṛṣisattamam
ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำนั้นของเขา สัมพะก็อับอายยิ่งนัก แล้วระลึกถึงฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ จึงกล่าวด้วยรอยยิ้มแผ่วเบา
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual lead-in)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sāmba, head slightly bowed in shame, speaks with a restrained half-smile, eyes turned inward as he remembers a great sage; elders and attendants watch in tense silence.
FAQs
Shame can become the doorway to repentance when it turns the mind toward the wise and toward correction.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the māhātmya’s focus; the narrative is moving toward Sāmba’s journey there.
None; it introduces Sāmba’s response and remembrance of the sage.