Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कथं विनष्टा भगवन्नन्धका वृष्णिभिः सह । पश्यतो वासुदेवस्य भोजाश्चैव महारथाः
devyuvāca | kathaṃ vinaṣṭā bhagavannandhakā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha | paśyato vāsudevasya bhojāścaiva mahārathāḥ
女神说道：噢，至福的主啊，安陀迦（Andhaka）如何与弗利什尼（Vṛṣṇi）一同覆灭？又当婆苏提婆（Vāsudeva）亲眼目睹之时，婆阇（Bhoja）那些大车战士（mahāratha）又如何走向终尽？
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādeva (Īśvara)
Scene: Devī questions Mahādeva about the mysterious destruction of the Andhakas, Vṛṣṇis, and Bhojas, even as Vāsudeva witnesses it—an ominous prelude to the Mausala catastrophe at Prabhāsa.
FAQs
It frames a dharma-inquiry: even the mighty fall under time (kāla) and destiny, prompting reflection on causality and conduct.
The question arises in the Prabhāsa context, leading into the account connected with Yādavasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it is an inquiry that introduces the narrative explanation.