Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
दृष्ट्वात्युग्रांस्ततो याति दृष्टोऽसौ पुरुषो त्तमः । कर्णांतलोचनभ्रांतवक्त्रं दृष्ट्यावलोक्य तम्
dṛṣṭvātyugrāṃstato yāti dṛṣṭo'sau puruṣo ttamaḥ | karṇāṃtalocanabhrāṃtavaktraṃ dṛṣṭyāvalokya tam
Als er jene überaus Schrecklichen erblickt, zieht Purushottama, die Höchste Person, davon; und wenn sie Ihn anschauen, verziehen sich ihre Gesichter—die Augen rollen bis an die Ränder der Ohren—bei diesem bloßen Anblick.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A terrifying host confronts the scene; Puruṣottama departs/withdraws, and at the instant they behold Him their faces contort—eyes rolling sideways toward the ears—signaling overpowering divine radiance and dread.
FAQs
Divine darśana overwhelms and subdues even the most fearsome forces; the sacred presence establishes order.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, where the narrative frames divine encounter as part of the site’s greatness.
No explicit ritual appears here; the focus is on darśana and its spiritual potency.