Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
होमं चक्रुस्ततो भीता रुद्रमंत्रैः समंततः । अन्ये त्राससमायुक्ताः पलायंते दिशो दश
homaṃ cakrustato bhītā rudramaṃtraiḥ samaṃtataḥ | anye trāsasamāyuktāḥ palāyaṃte diśo daśa
ثم إنهم، وقد استولى عليهم الخوف، أقاموا قرابين الهَوْمَة من كل جانب بتلاوة منترات رودرا؛ وآخرون، وقد قبض عليهم الرعب، فرّوا نحو الجهات العشر.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor
Scene: Brāhmaṇas, trembling, circle the vedi performing homa while chanting Rudra-mantras; flames rise in a protective ring; in the background, terrified figures run outward to all ten directions, dust and garments flying.
FAQs
In crisis, mantra and yajña are invoked as spiritual refuge—yet fear-driven ritual cannot replace genuine reverence.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya presents these events as sanctifying sacred history.
Homa (fire-offering) performed with Rudra-mantras, described as being done “on all sides” (samantataḥ).