Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
भगवानुवाच । अवध्यः सर्वदेवानामजेयः स महाबलः । करिष्यति ग्रहं नूनं राहुः कोपपरायणः । परं तव निशानाथ करिष्येऽहं प्रतिक्रियाम्
bhagavānuvāca | avadhyaḥ sarvadevānāmajeyaḥ sa mahābalaḥ | kariṣyati grahaṃ nūnaṃ rāhuḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ | paraṃ tava niśānātha kariṣye'haṃ pratikriyām
قال الربّ المبارك: «إنّ راهو حقًّا لا يُنال من جميع الآلهة، لا يُقهَر، عظيمُ القوّة؛ ولأنّه مُلازِمٌ للغضب فسوف يُحدِث الكسوف لا محالة. ولكن، يا سيّدَ الليل، فسأُجري لك طقسًا مضادًّا ودفعًا للبلاء».
Śiva (Bhagavān; Kāma-niṣūdana context)
Tirtha: Arbuda (grahaṇa-śānti context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Niśānātha (Candra)
Scene: Śiva speaks calmly, declaring Rāhu invulnerable yet promising a counter-rite for the Moon (Niśānātha), establishing ritual remedy against eclipse affliction.
FAQs
Some forces cannot be destroyed by power alone; dharma provides remedial rites under Śiva’s guidance.
Candrodbheda-tīrtha is framed as the place where Śiva establishes the remedy connected to the Moon’s eclipse.
Pratikriyā—Śiva promises a specific remedial religious response to the eclipse (detailed in subsequent verses as snāna, dāna, etc.).