Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तेन इन्द्रादिकान्सर्वान्सुराञ्जित्वा महाहवे । स्वर्गः स्वैर्व्यापितो देवि ब्रह्मलोकं ततो गताः । ऊचुः सुरा दुःखयुक्ता ब्रह्माणं पर्वतात्मजे
tena indrādikānsarvānsurāñjitvā mahāhave | svargaḥ svairvyāpito devi brahmalokaṃ tato gatāḥ | ūcuḥ surā duḥkhayuktā brahmāṇaṃ parvatātmaje
大いなる戦いにおいてインドラをはじめ諸天をことごとく征し、己が軍勢で天界を満たして占拠した。そこで、ああデーヴィー――山の娘よ――悲嘆に沈む神々はブラフマローカへ赴き、ブラフマーに申し上げた。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī), addressed directly
Scene: A battlefield aftermath: devas defeated, Svarga occupied by asuras; the sorrowful gods travel upward to Brahmaloka and address Brahmā, while Devī is invoked as witness.
FAQs
When worldly sovereignty (even Svarga) is shaken, refuge is sought in higher wisdom and divine ordinance rather than mere force.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the Māhātmya’s overarching sacred frame; this verse references cosmic realms (Svarga, Brahmaloka) rather than a local tīrtha.
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