Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
नारायणवचः श्रुत्वा करमुद्यम्य दानवः । अभ्यधावत्तदा दैत्यः कालान्तकसमप्रभः
nārāyaṇavacaḥ śrutvā karamudyamya dānavaḥ | abhyadhāvattadā daityaḥ kālāntakasamaprabhaḥ
Al oír las palabras de Nārāyaṇa, el Dānava alzó la mano y se lanzó hacia delante; entonces el Daitya arremetió, fulgurante como Kālântaka, el destructor al fin de los tiempos.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The daitya, hand raised, rushes forward in a blazing charge, his aura likened to the end-time destroyer; the battlefield darkens, winds rise, and the divine host braces for impact within the sacred center of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Adharma often advances with terrifying force, yet it is ultimately met and restrained by divine resolve.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya the climactic confrontation is described.
None; the verse is narrative description of the battle’s escalation.