Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
युवा जातः क्रमेणैव हिंस्रः क्रूरो बभूव ह । न वेदशास्त्रकुशलो दयाधर्मविवर्जितः
yuvā jātaḥ krameṇaiva hiṃsraḥ krūro babhūva ha | na vedaśāstrakuśalo dayādharmavivarjitaḥ
جب وہ رفتہ رفتہ جوان ہوا تو نہایت پُرتشدد اور سنگ دل بن گیا۔ وہ ویدوں اور شاستروں میں ماہر نہ تھا، اور کرُونا (رحم) اور دھرم سے خالی تھا۔
Mṛgyu
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame) / or interlocutor within the mahatmya
Scene: A young prince maturing into a harsh ruler: darkened court atmosphere, broken palm-leaf manuscripts ignored, frightened subjects withdrawing; the king’s posture rigid, eyes sharp, hands clenched—symbolizing hiṃsā and śāstra-vimukhatā.
FAQs
Power without scriptural wisdom and compassion devolves into cruelty and becomes a cause of downfall.
The larger passage is situated in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
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