Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
राक्षसेनौजसा युक्तं रूपेण च बलेन च । निसर्गाद्दारुणः क्रूरो रावणाद्रावणः स्मृतः
rākṣasenaujasā yuktaṃ rūpeṇa ca balena ca | nisargāddāruṇaḥ krūro rāvaṇādrāvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
সে রাক্ষসদের উগ্র তেজে যুক্ত, রূপে ও বলে সমৃদ্ধ ছিল; স্বভাবতই ভয়ংকর ও নিষ্ঠুর, তাই ‘রাবণ’—যে অন্যকে আর্তনাদ করায়—নামে স্মৃত।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya discourse style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāvaṇa is portrayed as possessing rākṣasa-ojas, with both beauty and strength, yet innately dreadful and cruel; the verse culminates in a folk-etymology: ‘Rāvaṇa’ as one who makes others cry out.
FAQs
Power and outward brilliance, when joined to cruelty, become a cause of fear and downfall; character (svabhāva) determines one’s legacy.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred setting of this Māhātmya, within which these Purāṇic histories are narrated.
No specific vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa is stated in this verse; it provides etymology and moral characterization.