Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113
स तान्समाश्वास्य सुरान्वरिष्ठं कोपानलं तत्र ययौ प्रहृष्टः । दृष्ट्वा च तं वै रविपुंजकाशमुवाच विष्णुर्वचनं वरिष्ठम्
sa tānsamāśvāsya surānvariṣṭhaṃ kopānalaṃ tatra yayau prahṛṣṭaḥ | dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ vai ravipuṃjakāśamuvāca viṣṇurvacanaṃ variṣṭham
Nachdem Viṣṇu jene Götter beruhigt hatte, ging er freudig dorthin, zu jenem höchst gewaltigen „Feuer des Zorns“. Und als er ihn sah, strahlend wie ein Bündel von Sonnen, sprach Viṣṇu Worte von höchster Vortrefflichkeit.
Sūta (deduced); concluding with Viṣṇu about to speak
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant like a cluster of suns, approaches the embodied ‘fire of wrath’ after consoling the frightened devas; the atmosphere is charged with heat, light, and divine urgency.
FAQs
Divine protection responds to sincere refuge; the Supreme acts to pacify destructive anger and re-establish dharmic harmony.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya portrays the sacred land as a stage for divine intervention and cosmic reconciliation.
No explicit ritual; the theme is divine consolation and intervention following śaraṇāgati.