Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104
ततश्चार्बुदमासाद्य वेष्टयित्वा स दूरतः । संमितैः सचिवैः सार्धं तदंतिकमुपाद्रवत्
tataścārbudamāsādya veṣṭayitvā sa dūrataḥ | saṃmitaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ tadaṃtikamupādravat
پھر اربُدہ پہنچ کر اس نے دور ہی سے اس مقام کو گھیر لیا؛ اور منتخب وزیروں کے ساتھ اس کے قریب کی طرف لپک پڑا۔
Narrator (purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa → Arbuda-khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fortified encampment ringed at a distance around Arbuda’s foothills; the king with a small circle of ministers breaks away from the massed army and moves toward the inner sacred vicinity.
FAQs
Unchecked desire and aggression begin with encirclement and control; dharma warns against approaching the divine through force.
Arbuda—presented as a sacred mountain-region whose sanctity frames the episode.
None in this verse; it is narrative setup describing an approach to the sacred locale.