Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
सुनामा वसुनामा च मंत्रिणौ बुद्धिसत्तमौ । सेनापतिश्चोग्रदंष्टस्तस्य भ्राता महाहनुः
sunāmā vasunāmā ca maṃtriṇau buddhisattamau | senāpatiścogradaṃṣṭastasya bhrātā mahāhanuḥ
Sina Sunāmā at Vasunāmā—dalawang ministro, na pinakamainam sa payo at talino—ay naroon. Ang pinunong kawal ay si Ogradaṃṣṭra, at ang kapatid niya ay si Mahāhanu.
Sūta (deduced narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A council-and-muster tableau: two minister-figures with scrolls or gesture of counsel stand near a towering commander with prominent tusk-like teeth (Ogradaṃṣṭra) and his strong-jawed brother; troops assemble behind.
FAQs
Even intelligence and strategy, when aligned to adharma, cannot secure lasting good; wisdom must be joined to righteousness.
Dvārakā is the Mahātmya context; the verse details the opposing leadership within that sacred narrative.
None; it identifies ministers and military leadership.