Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67
येन वै पठ्यमानेन जायते तस्य वेदना । भुवनद्वयराज्येन दैत्यो देवान्न मन्यते
yena vai paṭhyamānena jāyate tasya vedanā | bhuvanadvayarājyena daityo devānna manyate
บทเรียนที่ถูกท่องนั้นก่อให้เกิดความเจ็บปวดแก่เขา ครั้นได้อำนาจครองสองโลก อสูรผู้นั้นก็ไม่เห็นคุณค่าเหล่าเทวะอีกต่อไป
Skanda (contextual, within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A daitya-king, crowned and radiant with conquest, grimaces in irritation as sacred instruction is recited; devas are shown diminished in the background, emphasizing his contempt and the imbalance of dharma.
FAQs
Power without humility breeds contempt for the divine; such arrogance becomes the cause of downfall in Purāṇic ethics.
The instruction is delivered within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), using the tale to underline dharma in a sacred-geographical frame.
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