Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
न भुंक्ते पृथिवीपालो न राज्यं बहु मन्यते । न दारैर्विद्यते कार्यं नाश्वैर्न च गजै रथैः
na bhuṃkte pṛthivīpālo na rājyaṃ bahu manyate | na dārairvidyate kāryaṃ nāśvairna ca gajai rathaiḥ
ผู้พิทักษ์แผ่นดินมิได้เสวยอาหาร และมิได้เห็นว่าราชสมบัติยิ่งใหญ่ เขามิได้เห็นกิจอันใดในภรรยา ทั้งในม้า ช้าง หรือราชรถ
Narrator (Purāṇic reciter, contextually Sūta-like narration)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The king sits with untouched food, crown set aside, gaze fixed toward the silent hybrid woman; behind him, symbols of power—horses, elephants, chariots—fade into irrelevance.
FAQs
True value is not in sovereignty or luxury; compassion and dharma can eclipse worldly attachments.
The episode belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it portrays inner renunciation triggered by a sacred-miraculous encounter.