Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86
वनस्पतीनां निर्यासो दानवानां पराजयः । नागानां च वशीकारः क्षत्रस्योत्सादनं तथा । देवोत्पत्ति विपर्यासो लोकानां च विपर्ययः
vanaspatīnāṃ niryāso dānavānāṃ parājayaḥ | nāgānāṃ ca vaśīkāraḥ kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ tathā | devotpatti viparyāso lokānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ
ಅದರಿಂದ ವನಸ್ಪತಿಗಳ ನಿರ್ಯಾಸ-ರಸ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ದಾನವರ ಪರಾಜಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ನಾಗರು ವಶವಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅಹಂಕಾರಿ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಬಲದ ಉತ್ಸಾದನವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ದೇವೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಸ, ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಕಲಕಲ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A multi-register cosmic mural: trees exuding resin/sap; devas triumphing over Dānavas; Nāgas being subdued by a radiant ascetic power; a proud kṣatriya king’s banner falling; and above, a symbolic ‘inversion’ of deva-birth and worlds tilting—showing dharma’s capacity to reorder realms.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s power is described as world-shaping—able to humble hostile forces and correct dharmic imbalance, even on a cosmic scale.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a locus where divine order can be restored and anti-dharmic powers subdued.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse lists effects/attributes to magnify the kṣetra’s greatness.