Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
राज्यभ्रष्टाश्च ते सर्वे तव दृष्ट्या विलोकिताः । देशाश्च नगरग्रामा द्वीपाश्चैवाद्रयस्तथा
rājyabhraṣṭāśca te sarve tava dṛṣṭyā vilokitāḥ | deśāśca nagaragrāmā dvīpāścaivādrayastathā
All those upon whom your gaze falls are cast down from kingship. Lands, cities and villages, islands, and likewise mountains—all are subject to your influence.
Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic, stern-eyed deity whose glance ripples across the world: crowns slipping from kings, banners falling, cities dimming, islands and mountains shown as miniature landscapes under a single overpowering gaze.
FAQs
Worldly dominion is fragile; the dharmic message is to seek inner sovereignty—virtue, self-control, and devotion—over external power.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches that pilgrimage and prayer reorient one from worldly insecurity to sacred stability.
No specific rite is stated in this verse; it functions as part of a stotra emphasizing remembrance and reverence.