Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अनर्त्तत वरारोहे प्रभावात्तस्य वै मुनेः । ततो देवा महेंद्राद्या ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरस्सराः । ऊचुस्त्रिपुरहंतारं नायं नृत्येत्तथा कुरु
anarttata varārohe prabhāvāttasya vai muneḥ | tato devā maheṃdrādyā brahmaviṣṇupurassarāḥ | ūcustripurahaṃtāraṃ nāyaṃ nṛtyettathā kuru
O fair-hipped Lady, by the power of that sage all beings began to dance. Then the gods—beginning with great Indra, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at their head—said to Śiva, the Slayer of Tripura: “Let this one not dance so; do something to stop it.”
Śiva (narrator) quoting the Devas addressing Śiva (Tripurāntaka)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Scene: All beings begin to dance involuntarily under the sage’s influence; a council of gods—Indra, Brahmā, Viṣṇu—approaches Tripurāntaka (Śiva) pleading for intervention to stop the catastrophic dance.
FAQs
When spiritual power disrupts the world’s balance, divine governance restores dharma and cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the narrative theater where divine intervention and sacred history unfold.
None; the verse depicts a divine appeal to Śiva rather than prescribing a vrata or tīrtha-rite.