Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ते तु दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं समुद्यंतं दिवाकरम् । ते धूम्रप्रमुखाः सर्वे जहसुः सूर्यमंजसा
te tu dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ samudyaṃtaṃ divākaram | te dhūmrapramukhāḥ sarve jahasuḥ sūryamaṃjasā
តែពេលពួកគេឃើញព្រះអាទិត្យដ៏មានព្រះចិត្តធំ កំពុងរះឡើង នោះពួកដឹកនាំដោយ ធូម្រ ទាំងអស់បានវាយប្រហារព្រះអាទិត្យភ្លាមៗ ដោយផ្ទាល់។
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Pātāla-vivara (contextual)
Type: cave
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A radiant Sun rises from the horizon, haloed and calm, while Dhūmra and his rākṣasa host leap upward with weapons and smoky auras, attempting to strike the solar orb in mid-ascent.
FAQs
The forces of darkness instinctively oppose the rise of light; the Sun’s ascent becomes an image of dharma confronting adharma.
This episode belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Pātālavivara māhātmya framework, explaining the site’s mythic sanctity.
None; this is narrative action within the māhātmya.