Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अजानंस्तेजसा ग्रस्तं त्रैलोक्यं रजनीचरैः । ततस्ते भानुना दृष्टाः क्रोधाध्मातेन चक्षुषा
ajānaṃstejasā grastaṃ trailokyaṃ rajanīcaraiḥ | tataste bhānunā dṛṣṭāḥ krodhādhmātena cakṣuṣā
यह न जानकर कि रजनीचर अपने तेज से त्रैलोक्य को ग्रस चुके हैं, तब भानु ने क्रोध से फूले हुए नेत्रों से उन्हें देखा।
Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast panorama: the three worlds dimmed under rajanīcara influence; Surya’s eyes, swollen with wrath, scan the scene as if preparing a purifying blaze.
FAQs
When darkness spreads across life and worlds, divine light confronts it directly—restoring the rightful order of dharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya frames Sūrya’s world-protecting role.
None in this verse; it narrates the cosmic crisis that sets up the sanctity of Sūrya’s kṣetra.
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