Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
देवा ऊचुः । जय देव जगन्नाथ दैत्यासुरविमर्द्दन । वाराहरूपमास्थाय उद्धृता वसुधा त्वया
devā ūcuḥ | jaya deva jagannātha daityāsuravimarddana | vārāharūpamāsthāya uddhṛtā vasudhā tvayā
デーヴァたちは言った。「勝利あれ、世の主ジャガンナータよ、ダイティヤとアスラを打ち砕く御方よ。あなたはヴァラーハ（猪）の姿を取り、大地を引き上げられた。」
Devas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Jagannātha (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)
Scene: The Devas, hands folded, praise Jagannātha as Varāha who raises the Earth from the cosmic waters; the Earth appears as Bhū-devī supported on the boar’s tusk, with oceanic swirls and celestial witnesses.
FAQs
The Lord upholds the world when it sinks—cosmically and morally—so devotees praise him as the restorer of balance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the narrative glorifies the Lord’s saving deeds as part of the kṣetra’s sacred remembrance.
Stuti (praise) is exemplified: addressing the deity with epithets and recalling avatāra-deeds.