Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
हुते हविषि देवेशि तत्क्षणादेव चोत्थिता । शक्तिः शक्तित्रिशूलाढ्या चर्महस्ता महोज्ज्वला
hute haviṣi deveśi tatkṣaṇādeva cotthitā | śaktiḥ śaktitriśūlāḍhyā carmahastā mahojjvalā
O Göttin, als die Opfergabe dargebracht war, erhob sich in eben diesem Augenblick Śakti—glanzvoll—mit Speer und Dreizack, eine Haut in der Hand, in mächtigem Strahlen lodernd.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: From the blazing homa-fire rises Śakti, dazzling and martial—spear and trident uplifted, hide in hand—her form filling the yajña-space with incandescent authority as sages look on in awe.
FAQs
Divine power (Śakti) is shown as immediately responsive to sincere ritual action, manifesting to protect dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the yajña becomes the occasion for the Goddess’s protective manifestation.
The offering of havis into the fire is the triggering ritual act that leads to the manifestation.