Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
शुक्रबुद्ध्या विना युद्धं प्राप्स्यते किं महोदयः । दैत्येन्द्रो देवराजेन स्नेहं च कुरुतो यदि
śukrabuddhyā vinā yuddhaṃ prāpsyate kiṃ mahodayaḥ | daityendro devarājena snehaṃ ca kuruto yadi
หากปราศจากโอวาทของศุกระ จะสำเร็จมหากิจแห่งสงครามนี้ได้อย่างไร? ยิ่งกว่านั้นเมื่อจอมแห่งไทตยะกำลังก่อไมตรีและความรักใคร่กับราชาแห่งเทวะทั้งหลาย
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; contextual inference)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A council scene: devas in assembly, anxious about war; Śukra’s importance is invoked; distant imagery of Indra and Bali forming a precarious friendship.
FAQs
Power must be guided by wise counsel; strategy without discernment (buddhi) leads to instability, and alliances reshape outcomes.
The teaching is embedded in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where narrative episodes support the larger sacred-place discourse.
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