त्वां निहत्याद्य बाणेन मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् । आत्मानं पृथुकृत्वेह प्रजा धारयितास्म्यहम्
tvāṃ nihatyādya bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm | ātmānaṃ pṛthukṛtveha prajā dhārayitāsmyaham
آج تجھے اپنے تیر سے مار کر—چونکہ تو نے میری حکومت سے منہ موڑ لیا ہے—میں یہاں خود کو وسیع کر کے لوگوں کی پرورش کروں گا۔
Rājā (Vainya / Pṛthu, the king in this episode)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The archer releases an arrow toward a personified Earth who has turned away; immediately the speaker’s form multiplies/expands across the landscape, symbolizing taking on the burden of sustaining the populace.
Kingship is portrayed as the capacity to sustain society; authority is justified as service to prajā.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this classic Purāṇic motif is retold.
None; it is mythic-political theology rather than ritual instruction.