Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
भोजनांतो ब्राह्मणानां प्राणांतः क्षत्रजन्मनाम् । आशीविषाणां सर्पाणां कोपो ज्ञेयो मृतावधिः । प्रेरयामास देवान्वै गम्यतामित्युवाच तान्
bhojanāṃto brāhmaṇānāṃ prāṇāṃtaḥ kṣatrajanmanām | āśīviṣāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ kopo jñeyo mṛtāvadhiḥ | prerayāmāsa devānvai gamyatāmityuvāca tān
‘برہمنوں کے کھانے کا اختتام، کشتریہ نسل والوں کے لیے گویا جان کے خاتمے کے مانند ہے؛ اور زہریلے سانپوں کا غضب موت تک قائم رہتا ہے—یہ جان لو۔’ یوں اس نے دیوتاؤں کو ابھارا اور کہا: ‘چلو، روانہ ہوں۔’
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding figure (leader among devas) speaks urgently, gesturing toward departure; behind him, symbolic imagery of a coiled serpent and a fading life-flame suggests the metaphors of wrath and mortality.
FAQs
Purāṇic aphorisms stress that actions trigger irreversible consequences; therefore one must restrain anger and act with dhārmic foresight.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the Māhātmya frames ethical instruction within its sacred narrative setting.
No direct ritual; it functions as a moral maxim within the story.