Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 184
बिंबेनांतरितो देवि आदित्यग्रहणं हि तत् । न कश्चिद्ग्रसितुं शक्त आदित्यो दहति ध्रुवम्
biṃbenāṃtarito devi ādityagrahaṇaṃ hi tat | na kaścidgrasituṃ śakta ādityo dahati dhruvam
O Göttin, wenn die Sonne durch die dazwischen tretende Scheibe verdunkelt wird, nennt man dies eine „Sonnenfinsternis“. Doch niemand hat die Macht, die Sonne wirklich zu verschlingen, denn Āditya verbrennt gewiss jede Gegenkraft.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A blazing Sun radiates fiercely while a dark disk partially covers it; the narration emphasizes that the Sun’s burning power remains intact, dispelling the notion of being ‘swallowed’.
FAQs
Evil or obscuration can veil truth temporarily, but cannot destroy the inner radiance of dharma (symbolized by the Sun).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya’s greatness is taught as part of the site’s māhātmya.
None directly; the verse clarifies the nature of grahaṇa as ‘obscuration’ rather than literal swallowing.