Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
स बालवत्सया सार्धं भार्यया प्रस्थितो वनम्
sa bālavatsayā sārdhaṃ bhāryayā prasthito vanam
وہ اپنی بیوی کے ساتھ، جس کے پاس ابھی کم سن بچہ تھا، جنگل کی طرف روانہ ہوا۔
Sāvitrī
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (nṛpati) in the dialogue frame
Scene: Dyumatsena departs the city gates with his wife carrying the small child; minimal possessions, a forest path ahead, dusk light suggesting uncertainty yet resolve.
FAQs
When power falls away, dharma remains: endurance, family responsibility, and acceptance of hardship become the true royalty.
The wider account belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya; the forest episode serves as the moral prelude to later sacred outcomes.
None explicitly; it describes a life-transition into forest dwelling, a setting for austerity and dharmic living.