Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अजानंस्तेजसा ग्रस्तं त्रैलोक्यं रजनीचरैः । ततस्ते भानुना दृष्टाः क्रोधाध्मातेन चक्षुषा
ajānaṃstejasā grastaṃ trailokyaṃ rajanīcaraiḥ | tataste bhānunā dṛṣṭāḥ krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā
Ohne zu erkennen, dass die drei Welten von den Nachtwandlern durch ihre unheilvolle Macht überrannt waren, erblickte die Sonne sie mit vor Zorn geschwollenen Augen.
Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast panorama: the three worlds dimmed under rajanīcara influence; Surya’s eyes, swollen with wrath, scan the scene as if preparing a purifying blaze.
FAQs
When darkness spreads across life and worlds, divine light confronts it directly—restoring the rightful order of dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya frames Sūrya’s world-protecting role.
None in this verse; it narrates the cosmic crisis that sets up the sanctity of Sūrya’s kṣetra.