Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
न कलत्रं न ते पुत्राः कस्मात्प्रकृतिरीदृशी । युद्धं विना न ते सौख्यं न सौख्यं कलहं विना
na kalatraṃ na te putrāḥ kasmātprakṛtirīdṛśī | yuddhaṃ vinā na te saukhyaṃ na saukhyaṃ kalahaṃ vinā
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Vāmana (addressing Nārada, inferred from v.39–40)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed person (celibate, battle-seeking figure)
Scene: A pointed dialogue: the speaker questions a celibate, battle-loving figure—no wife, no sons—yet addicted to conflict; the yajña setting contrasts with the tension of words.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives sometimes critique disruptive tendencies to redirect them toward dharmic outcomes and cosmic balance.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, serving as the narrative stage for divine-sage dialogue connected to yajña and dharma.
None; the verse characterizes a temperament (kalaha/yuddha) relevant to the unfolding dharmic situation.