Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
यमं संयमनेऽरीणां युयुजे मन्त्रणे मनुम् । मेघाश्छर्दंति लिंपंति द्रुमाः पुष्पाणि चिक्षिपुः
yamaṃ saṃyamane'rīṇāṃ yuyuje mantraṇe manum | meghāśchardaṃti liṃpaṃti drumāḥ puṣpāṇi cikṣipuḥ
Er setzte Yama ein, um die Feinde zu zügeln, und Manu zum Rat. Die Wolken ergossen sich in Fülle, und die Bäume streuten Blumen herab.
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāvaṇa’s court assigns Yama to restrain enemies and Manu to counsel; outside, clouds pour rain in abundance and trees shower flowers, as if the kingdom itself performs a continuous ‘puṣpavarṣa’.
FAQs
Power seeks instruments of punishment and counsel; the text contrasts such worldly administration with the higher, stabilizing authority of dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these Purāṇic episodes are recounted.
None; the verse uses poetic signs (clouds, flowers) and administrative appointments.