Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
दृश्यंते भास्वरै रत्नैः प्रस्खलंतो विभूषणैः । तान्दृष्ट्वा रावणः प्राह प्रहस्तं प्रतिहारकम्
dṛśyaṃte bhāsvarai ratnaiḥ praskhalaṃto vibhūṣaṇaiḥ | tāndṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ prāha prahastaṃ pratihārakam
وہ روشن جواہرات سے جگمگاتے دکھائی دیتے تھے؛ زیورات پھسل کر کھنکنے لگتے تھے۔ انہیں دیکھ کر راون نے اپنے دربان پرہست سے کہا۔
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dazzling crowd of kings and heroes, jewels flashing; ornaments loosen and fall with a metallic clatter. Rāvaṇa, intense and commanding, turns to Prahasta to inquire.
FAQs
Splendor and ornamentation are unstable; the verse hints at the precariousness of prideful pomp before dharma’s scrutiny.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Māhātmya section, which frames such narratives within the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
None; it sets up a courtly inquiry and ensuing dialogue.