Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
ते मया रक्षिताः सम्यग्यथाशक्त्या ह्युपायतः । शोषयिष्येऽहमात्मानं यस्माच्छप्तः प्रकोपतः
te mayā rakṣitāḥ samyagyathāśaktyā hyupāyataḥ | śoṣayiṣye'hamātmānaṃ yasmācchaptaḥ prakopataḥ
আমি যথাশক্তি উপযুক্ত উপায়ে তাদের যথাযথভাবে রক্ষা করেছি; কিন্তু ক্রোধবশে শাপিত হওয়ায় এখন আমি নিজের সত্তাকেই শুষ্ক করে দেব।
Samudra (Sāgara), lord of rivers
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Samudra-deva, resolute, begins an ascetic withdrawal: waves recede, shoreline expands, brāhmaṇas watch as the sea’s vitality diminishes—an awe-filled act of cosmic penance.
FAQs
Dharma may be upheld, yet cosmic law (śāpa/boon dynamics) still operates; penance and consequences unfold even for the righteous.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a stage where the ocean itself becomes part of sacred history.
No explicit rite; the verse describes a vow-like act of self-drying (a form of extreme tapas/penance) due to a curse.