Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
चिह्नानि लोकनाशाय दृश्यन्ते दारुणानि च । तेषां तद्वचन श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मलोके पितामहः
cihnāni lokanāśāya dṛśyante dāruṇāni ca | teṣāṃ tadvacana śrutvā brahmaloke pitāmahaḥ
“ലോകനാശത്തെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഭീകര ലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ ദൃശ്യമാകുന്നു.” അവരുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തിലെ പിതാമഹൻ ബ്രഹ്മാ…
Devas (first half); narrator continues into Brahmā’s response
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (probable)
Scene: Celestials report dreadful omens; Brahmā, in a radiant yet solemn Brahmaloka, turns inward—eyes half-closed—preparing to speak after contemplation.
FAQs
Puranic tradition treats omens as calls to corrective dharma—turning to higher wisdom to prevent collapse.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the implied locus whose disturbance echoes across the worlds.
None; this verse transitions from the devas’ report to Brahmā’s deliberation.