Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
गात्रेष्वप्रतिरूपेषु मासिकांतमिवाभवत् । संज्ञा च रविणा दृष्टा निमीलयति लोचने । यतस्ततः सरोषोऽर्कः संज्ञां वचनमब्रवीत्
gātreṣvapratirūpeṣu māsikāṃtamivābhavat | saṃjñā ca raviṇā dṛṣṭā nimīlayati locane | yatastataḥ saroṣo'rkaḥ saṃjñāṃ vacanamabravīt
তার অঙ্গপ্রত্যঙ্গ বিকৃতপ্রায় হল, যেন মাসিকান্তের কষ্টে পীড়িতা। রবি সংজ্ঞাকে দেখলে সে চোখ বুজে ফেলত। বারবার এ দৃশ্য দেখে ক্রুদ্ধ অর্ক সংজ্ঞাকে কথা বললেন।
Īśvara (narrator, as indicated in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the Prabhāsa-māhātmya dialogue frame
Scene: Saṃjñā stands before the blazing Sun; her limbs appear distorted by unbearable radiance. She repeatedly shuts her eyes; the Sun’s face hardens with anger as he prepares to speak a fateful pronouncement.
FAQs
The verse depicts the strain caused by overwhelming tejas and the relational consequences that lead to karmic outcomes (śāpa and progeny).
The story is part of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, tying cosmic events to the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.
None; it narrates the immediate cause for Sūrya’s speech (leading to the curse).