Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानमसुराणां प्रणाशनः । पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुः स प्रमतिर्नाम वीर्यवान्
kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānamasurāṇāṃ praṇāśanaḥ | pūrvajanmani viṣṇuḥ sa pramatirnāma vīryavān
ധർമ്മവ്യവസ്ഥ സ്ഥാപിക്കാനും അസുരന്മാരെ നശിപ്പിക്കാനും, മുൻജന്മത്തിൽ ആ വിഷ്ണുവേ ‘പ്രമതി’ എന്ന പേരുള്ള വീര്യവാനായിരുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prophetic narrator in Prabhāsa recounts Viṣṇu’s former birth as the mighty Pramati, emphasizing the mission: establish dharma, destroy asuras; the sacred coastal landscape and Somnātha’s aura linger in the background.
FAQs
Divine power is not arbitrary; it appears to stabilize dharma and remove forces that oppose cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha for the chapter’s teaching.
None; the verse is explanatory about purpose and prior identity.