Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
निपेतुरंबरभ्रष्टाः क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः । राक्षसैर्वेष्टितो धूम्रो निपतञ्छुशुभेंऽबरात्
nipeturaṃbarabhraṣṭāḥ kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ | rākṣasairveṣṭito dhūmro nipatañchuśubheṃ'barāt
Sie stürzten herab, aus dem Himmel geschleudert wie Gestirne, deren Verdienst erschöpft ist. Eine rauchfarbene Masse, von Rākṣasas umwunden, schoss aus den Höhen herab und glänzte im Fall.
Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Varavarṇinī (addressed as ‘O fair lady’)
Scene: From a darkened sky, a smoke-hued, luminous mass descends like a fallen planet; rākṣasas coil around it as it plunges toward the sacred coast of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) sustains elevation; when it is depleted, even the mighty fall—an ethical warning against adharma.
The broader Prabhāsakṣetra narrative, moving toward the sanctified Arkasthala/Sūryakṣetra region.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse uses puṇya language to interpret the fall in moral terms.