Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
ईश्वर उवाच । एवमाभाषमाणेषु त्रिदिवेषु सुरेश्वरि । तत्तेजः पञ्चधाविष्टं व्याप्याशेषं जगत्त्रयम्
īśvara uvāca | evamābhāṣamāṇeṣu tridiveṣu sureśvari | tattejaḥ pañcadhāviṣṭaṃ vyāpyāśeṣaṃ jagattrayam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—“ത്രിദിവത്തിൽ ദേവഗണങ്ങൾ ഇങ്ങനെ അപേക്ഷിക്കുമ്പോൾ, ആ തേജസ് പഞ്ചധാ രൂപമായി, അവശേഷമില്ലാതെ സമസ്ത ജഗത്ത്രയവും വ്യാപിച്ചു.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pañca-Prabhāsa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (and devas as immediate context)
Scene: At the moment the devas speak, a single blazing radiance divides into five streams, spreading across the three worlds like five luminous rivers of light.
FAQs
Śiva’s power can manifest in measured forms to uphold cosmic balance while still pervading all existence.
Prabhāsakṣetra, connected to the fivefold localization of divine radiance (pañcaprabhāsa).
None directly; it narrates a cosmological event underpinning the site’s sanctity.