Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 140
दैत्यानां दानवानां च बहूनां राज्यकारणे । विवादोतीव संजातः को नो राजा भवेदिति
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca bahūnāṃ rājyakāraṇe | vivādotīva saṃjātaḥ ko no rājā bhavediti
ท่ามกลางเหล่าไทตยะและทานวะเป็นอันมาก ได้เกิดวิวาทใหญ่ยิ่งเรื่องราชสมบัติว่า “ผู้ใดเล่าจักเป็นราชาในหมู่เรา?”
Vāmana (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / audience of the kathā; within story, daityas and dānavas
Scene: A crowded daitya council hall with towering figures arguing, hands raised, weapons and crowns visible; the air tense with rivalry as the question of kingship is shouted.
FAQs
Attachment to power breeds conflict; dharma requires rightful authority, not mere strength or faction.
The verse is part of Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya’s narrative frame within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, without a direct tīrtha mention.
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