Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 145
ब्रह्मास्त्रं मनसि ध्यायंस्तृणं तस्यै मुमोच सः । मुक्तेनास्त्रेण तस्मिंस्तु धूमवर्तिर्व्यजायत
brahmāstraṃ manasi dhyāyaṃstṛṇaṃ tasyai mumoca saḥ | muktenāstreṇa tasmiṃstu dhūmavartirvyajāyata
وتأمّل في قلبه «براهماأسترا»، ثم أطلقه نحوها كأنه نصلُ عشبٍ يسير. غير أنّه لما أُطلِق ذلك الأسترا نشأت دوّامةٌ ملتفّة من الدخان.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthivottama addressed)
Scene: The dānava, eyes narrowed in inward dhyāna, releases the Brahmāstra as if tossing a blade of grass; immediately a spiraling smoke-coil unfurls across the sky like a dark vortex.
FAQs
Even the mightiest power becomes empty when wielded with adharma; divine force without righteousness turns into mere confusion (smoke).
The broader section is tied to Arbuda (Mount Abu) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; this verse itself is a battle description.
None; it narrates the deployment of an astra.