ते तु दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं समुद्यंतं दिवाकरम् । ते धूम्रप्रमुखाः सर्वे जहसुः सूर्यमंजसा
te tu dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ samudyaṃtaṃ divākaram | te dhūmrapramukhāḥ sarve jahasuḥ sūryamaṃjasā
Doch als sie die großgesinnte Sonne aufsteigen sahen, griffen sie alle, von Dhūmra angeführt, die Sonne sogleich und unmittelbar an.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Pātāla-vivara (contextual)
Type: cave
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A radiant Sun rises from the horizon, haloed and calm, while Dhūmra and his rākṣasa host leap upward with weapons and smoky auras, attempting to strike the solar orb in mid-ascent.
The forces of darkness instinctively oppose the rise of light; the Sun’s ascent becomes an image of dharma confronting adharma.
This episode belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Pātālavivara māhātmya framework, explaining the site’s mythic sanctity.
None; this is narrative action within the māhātmya.