Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
ततः कायोद्भवः स्वेदः सर्वेषां समजायत । तेषां चिंतयतां देवि निरोधाज्जगृहुश्च तम्
tataḥ kāyodbhavaḥ svedaḥ sarveṣāṃ samajāyata | teṣāṃ ciṃtayatāṃ devi nirodhājjagṛhuśca tam
ثم، يا إلهة، سال عرقٌ مولودٌ من الأجساد فيهم جميعًا؛ وبينما كانوا يتأملون، وبقوة الكفّ وضبط النفس جمعوا تلك الخلاصة ذاتها واحتووها.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Devas and ṛṣis in intense meditation; beads of sweat shimmer like pearls; the gathered essence forms a luminous droplet or orb held within a ritual vessel or within a haloed field of restraint.
FAQs
Inner restraint (nirodha) and focused contemplation can transmute distress into a concentrated शक्ति (power) for dharmic protection.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where collective spiritual force is shown generating divine assistance.
No explicit rite; it implies yogic restraint and concentrated intention accompanying mantra-work.