Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
हृतसिंहासनः शूरैर्दायादैः सोऽप्रजो नृपः । निगृह्य काराभवने सपत्नीको निवेशितः
hṛtasiṃhāsanaḥ śūrairdāyādaiḥ so'prajo nṛpaḥ | nigṛhya kārābhavane sapatnīko niveśitaḥ
وارث سے محروم اُس بادشاہ کا تخت اس کے دلیر قرابت داروں نے چھین لیا۔ مغلوب کر کے اسے ملکہ سمیت قید خانے میں بند کر دیا گیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A deposed, childless king is dragged from the throne by armed kinsmen; he and his queen are confined behind iron-barred doors in a dim prison-house.
FAQs
Worldly sovereignty is unstable; dharma and endurance in adversity are upheld over mere power.
No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is purely narrative.