Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
उत्तरांशे समुद्रस्य क्षीरोदस्या मृतोदधेः । यः शेते शाश्वतं योगमास्थाय परवीरहा । स कथं त्यक्तवान्देहं प्रभासे परमेश्वरः
uttarāṃśe samudrasya kṣīrodasyā mṛtodadheḥ | yaḥ śete śāśvataṃ yogamāsthāya paravīrahā | sa kathaṃ tyaktavāndehaṃ prabhāse parameśvaraḥ
ذاك الذي يضطجع في الناحية الشمالية من البحر—على محيط اللبن، البحر الخالد—مستقرًّا في يوغا أزلية، قاتلَ أبطال الأعداء؛ فكيف للربّ الأعلى أن يترك جسده في برابهاسا؟
Unspecified (same inquiry voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: Nārāyaṇa reclining on Ananta in the Milk Ocean in the upper register; below, the Prabhāsa seashore with a quiet, fateful stillness—two oceans mirrored (cosmic and earthly), emphasizing eternal yoga and the mystery of ‘deha-tyāga’.
FAQs
The Lord’s eternal yogic repose contrasts with ‘leaving the body’ to emphasize that such events are līlā and that Prabhāsa is supremely sanctifying.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None directly; the verse functions as māhātmya-style exaltation.