Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ततो देवैः समादिष्टः कामदेवो वरानने । मृतभार्यं हरं गत्वा ततः पीडय सायकैः
tato devaiḥ samādiṣṭaḥ kāmadevo varānane | mṛtabhāryaṃ haraṃ gatvā tataḥ pīḍaya sāyakaiḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ឱ ទេវីមុខស្រស់ កាមទេវៈ ដែលត្រូវបានទេវទាំងឡាយបញ្ជា បានទៅជិតព្រះហរៈ ដែលភរិយាបានស្លាប់ ហើយចាប់ផ្តើមបង្កទុក្ខព្រះអង្គដោយព្រួញរបស់ខ្លួន។
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Listener: Devī (vocative ‘varānane’)
Scene: Devas instruct Kāma; Kāma approaches bereaved Hara and shoots flower-arrows to stir desire; the mood is tense—audacity before the ascetic Lord.
FAQs
Even divine desire (kāma) cannot compel the ascetic resolve of Śiva; dharma is upheld when passions are restrained.
The narrative is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, ultimately glorifying Prabhāsa as Śiva’s chosen sacred abode after the event.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it sets the mythic cause for later praise of Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its merits.