Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
नियुक्तस्त्वजपालेन ज्वरो दिवि जगाम ह । गत्वा च कंपयामास रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम्
niyuktastvajapālena jvaro divi jagāma ha | gatvā ca kaṃpayāmāsa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram
অজাপালের আদেশে জ্বর আকাশপথে গমন করল; সেখানে পৌঁছে রাক্ষসেশ্বর রাবণকে কাঁপিয়ে দিল।
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Jvara, a fierce personified fever-spirit, streaks across the sky under Ajāpāla’s command and reaches Laṅkā; Rāvaṇa, crowned and formidable, visibly trembles as the air darkens with heat-haze.
FAQs
Even the mighty are subject to higher moral and cosmic law; adharma is checked by divine forces.
The sanctity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra frames the narrative, implying sacred power that supports dharmic outcomes.
No direct prescription; it narrates the result of the previously initiated kṛtya involving Jvara.
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