Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
सापि संज्ञा रवेस्तेजो गोलाकारं महाप्रभम् । असहन्ती च सा चित्ते चिन्तयामास वै तदा
sāpi saṃjñā ravestejo golākāraṃ mahāprabham | asahantī ca sā citte cintayāmāsa vai tadā
സഞ്ജ്ഞയും സൂര്യന്റെ മഹാതേജസ്സായ ഗോളാകാര മഹാപ്രഭ ദീപ്തി സഹിക്കാനാകാതെ, അപ്പോൾ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ‘ഇനി എന്തു ചെയ്യണം?’ എന്നു ചിന്തിച്ചു.
Īśvara (narrator, as indicated in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi/audience within the māhātmya frame (contextual)
Scene: Saṃjñā stands in a luminous, heat-hazed aura as Sūrya’s globe-like radiance fills the sky; her face shows strain and inward contemplation, with Prabhāsa’s coastal light suggested in the background.
FAQs
Divine brilliance requires right approach and inner preparedness; the narrative underscores discernment (cintā) as the first step toward restoring harmony.
The verse sits within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya’s sacred narrative frame, though it describes the mythic situation rather than a local rite.
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