Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
हृतसिंहासनः शूरैर्दायादैः सोऽप्रजो नृपः । निगृह्य काराभवने सपत्नीको निवेशितः
hṛtasiṃhāsanaḥ śūrairdāyādaiḥ so'prajo nṛpaḥ | nigṛhya kārābhavane sapatnīko niveśitaḥ
Vị vua ấy, không có người nối dõi, bị các thân tộc dũng mãnh đoạt mất ngai vàng. Bị khuất phục, ngài bị giam trong ngục thất cùng với hoàng hậu.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A deposed, childless king is dragged from the throne by armed kinsmen; he and his queen are confined behind iron-barred doors in a dim prison-house.
FAQs
Worldly sovereignty is unstable; dharma and endurance in adversity are upheld over mere power.
No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is purely narrative.