Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183
राहुरादित्यबिंबस्याधस्तात्तिष्ठति भामिनि । अमृतार्थी विमानस्थो यावत्संस्रवतेऽमृतम्
rāhurādityabiṃbasyādhastāttiṣṭhati bhāmini | amṛtārthī vimānastho yāvatsaṃsravate'mṛtam
ഹേ ഭാമിനീ! രാഹു സൂര്യബിംബത്തിന്റെ താഴെ നില്ക്കുന്നു; വിമാനം ആശ്രയിച്ച് അമൃതം തേടുന്നവനായി, അമൃതധാര ഒഴുകുന്നത്രയും കാലം (അവിടെതന്നെ).
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Rāhu in a celestial chariot positions himself beneath the blazing solar disk; a subtle stream or motif of ‘amṛta’ is suggested, indicating his nectar-seeking intent; the Sun remains radiant above.
FAQs
Eclipses are framed as cosmic events with moral-symbolic meaning, urging discernment rather than superstition.
The teaching occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking cosmic explanation to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it describes Rāhu’s position and motive in the eclipse account.