Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
चतुर्थं नरसिंहं वै कथयामि सुदारुणम् । आदित्या अदितेः पुत्रा दितेः पुत्रौ महावलौ
caturthaṃ narasiṃhaṃ vai kathayāmi sudāruṇam | ādityā aditeḥ putrā diteḥ putrau mahāvalau
À présent, je vais dire la quatrième descente, Narasiṃha, d’une férocité extrême. Les Āditya sont les fils d’Aditi, tandis que les deux fils de Diti sont d’une grande puissance.
Narrator
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator in a sacred coastal kṣetra begins the fourth avatāra account: Narasiṃha, ‘exceedingly fierce’, while the cosmic family lines of Aditi’s Ādityas and Diti’s mighty sons are invoked.
FAQs
When oppression becomes extreme, the Divine manifests a fearsome form to protect devotees and reassert dharma over brute power.
The narration belongs to Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where remembering avatāras supports the kṣetra’s spiritual prestige.
No direct ritual prescription appears in this verse.