Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102
वरं ददासि किं तेषां तादृशानां दुरात्मनाम् । जगतः स्वस्तये येषां न मनागपि चेष्टितम्
varaṃ dadāsi kiṃ teṣāṃ tādṛśānāṃ durātmanām | jagataḥ svastaye yeṣāṃ na manāgapi ceṣṭitam
“آپ ایسے بدروح اور بدکرداروں کو ور کیوں دیتے ہیں؟ جنہوں نے جگت کی بھلائی کے لیے ذرا سا بھی جتن نہیں کیا۔”
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: (audience; internal: Śiva addressed by Pārvatī)
Scene: Pārvatī, earnest and composed, questions the logic of granting boons to durātmans who show no impulse toward the world’s welfare; Śiva’s face remains tranquil, suggesting a deeper cosmic principle behind apparent injustice.
FAQs
Dharma values loka-svastyā (world-welfare); gifts of power without virtue raise serious ethical concerns.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the sacred narrative arena for reflecting on dharma, boons, and cosmic welfare.
None; the verse is a moral inquiry, not a ritual directive.