Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
तस्मै सर्वं तथा वृत्तं समाचख्युः पराभवम् । विक्रमं वीरभद्रस्य ततः क्रुद्धो महेश्वरः
tasmai sarvaṃ tathā vṛttaṃ samācakhyuḥ parābhavam | vikramaṃ vīrabhadrasya tataḥ kruddho maheśvaraḥ
Ils lui rapportèrent tout ce qui s’était passé — la défaite et la vaillance de Vīrabhadra. Alors Maheśvara s’embrasa de colère.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Fleeing hosts gather before Maheśvara and narrate the defeat and Vīrabhadra’s valor; Maheśvara’s face darkens with wrath, signaling imminent divine intervention.
FAQs
Adharma provokes divine intervention; the Lord’s wrath here symbolizes the restoration of cosmic balance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a land where the memory of divine acts sanctifies the pilgrimage landscape.
No ritual is mentioned in this verse.