Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
गात्रेष्वप्रतिरूपेषु मासिकांतमिवाभवत् । संज्ञा च रविणा दृष्टा निमीलयति लोचने । यतस्ततः सरोषोऽर्कः संज्ञां वचनमब्रवीत्
gātreṣvapratirūpeṣu māsikāṃtamivābhavat | saṃjñā ca raviṇā dṛṣṭā nimīlayati locane | yatastataḥ saroṣo'rkaḥ saṃjñāṃ vacanamabravīt
അവളുടെ അവയവങ്ങൾ വികൃതമായതുപോലെ ആയി, മാസികാന്തത്തിലെ പീഡിതയെന്നപോലെ. രവി സംജ്ഞയെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അവൾ കണ്ണുകൾ അടച്ചു. ഇത് വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും കണ്ടു ക്രുദ്ധനായ അർക്കൻ സംജ്ഞയോട് വചനമുരച്ചു.
Īśvara (narrator, as indicated in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the Prabhāsa-māhātmya dialogue frame
Scene: Saṃjñā stands before the blazing Sun; her limbs appear distorted by unbearable radiance. She repeatedly shuts her eyes; the Sun’s face hardens with anger as he prepares to speak a fateful pronouncement.
FAQs
The verse depicts the strain caused by overwhelming tejas and the relational consequences that lead to karmic outcomes (śāpa and progeny).
The story is part of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, tying cosmic events to the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.
None; it narrates the immediate cause for Sūrya’s speech (leading to the curse).