Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 143
कृच्छ्रेणैव तदा तासामित्येवमनुशुश्रुम । वैन्यात्प्रभृतिलोकेऽस्मिन्सर्वस्यैतस्य संभवः
kṛcchreṇaiva tadā tāsāmityevamanuśuśruma | vainyātprabhṛtiloke'sminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ
یوں ہم نے سنا ہے کہ تب بھی ان کی روزی بڑی مشقت سے چلتی تھی۔ وینْیَہ سے آگے اسی دنیا میں ان سب (منظم ذریعۂ معاش) کی ابتدا ہوئی۔
Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: People struggling to subsist; then the archetypal righteous ruler (Pr̥thu as Vainya) appears, symbolically 'milking' the earth to yield grains and order—transition from scarcity to abundance.
FAQs
Dharmic leadership can transform scarcity into stability; welfare-systems are sacred when rooted in righteousness.
The narration remains within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, enhancing Prabhāsa’s glory by associating it with civilizational turning points.
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