Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
न चामृतस्य तेऽस्थीनि ग्रहीतुं शक्तिरस्ति नः । तस्मात्सर्वं समालोच्य यत्कर्तव्यं तदुच्यताम्
na cāmṛtasya te'sthīni grahītuṃ śaktirasti naḥ | tasmātsarvaṃ samālocya yatkartavyaṃ taducyatām
اور نہ ہی ہمیں یہ قدرت ہے کہ تمہاری وہ ہڈیاں لے سکیں جو تپسیا سے امر ہو چکی ہیں۔ اس لیے سب کچھ سوچ سمجھ کر جو کرنا چاہیے، وہ بتا دیجیے۔
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kathā-śrotṛs (listeners) / pilgrimage audience
Scene: Indra admits the devas cannot seize Dadhīci’s ‘amṛta-made’ bones; the devas request guidance after careful deliberation, emphasizing the sage’s spiritual sovereignty.
FAQs
Tapas transforms the ordinary into sacred potency; even divine beings approach such sanctity with reverence and restraint.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where exemplary dharma and sacrifice are narrated as part of the site’s māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes dharmic consultation and consent in accomplishing a divine purpose.