Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 153
आयसं पात्रमादाय बलमाधाय सर्वशः । विरोचनस्तु प्राह्लादिस्तेषां वत्सः प्रतापवान्
āyasaṃ pātramādāya balamādhāya sarvaśaḥ | virocanastu prāhlādisteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān
Dengan mengambil bejana besi, menghimpun kekuatan dari segala arah, Virocana—putra Prahlāda—menjadi anak lembu mereka yang perkasa.
Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Asuras perform their ‘milking’: an iron vessel receives a dark-lustrous essence symbolizing bala; Virocana (Prahlāda’s son) appears as a mighty calf; the scene contrasts metallic austerity with the Earth-cow’s patience.
FAQs
Power too is a ‘resource’ governed by cosmic order; even asuric strength is depicted as drawn through assigned means.
The account is part of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where sacred narration supports the tīrtha’s greatness.
None; the verse is descriptive, mapping symbolic correspondences (vessel, calf, yield) for the asuras.
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