Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
धूमसंघैः समेतं तु व्यापयामास तज्जगत् । ततस्त्रैलोक्यमखिलं ज्वालाभिर्व्याकुलीकृतम्
dhūmasaṃghaiḥ sametaṃ tu vyāpayāmāsa tajjagat | tatastrailokyamakhilaṃ jvālābhirvyākulīkṛtam
പുകയുടെ ഘനസമൂഹങ്ങളോടുകൂടി ആ തേജസ് ആ ലോകമൊട്ടാകെ വ്യാപിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് ജ്വാലകളാൽ സമസ്ത ത്രിലോകവും വ്യാകുലമായി.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas/assembly (contextually)
Scene: A vast cosmic panorama: smoke-masses rolling across the worlds, tongues of flame unsettling gods, sages, and beings; the horizon glows as if the universe itself is burning.
FAQs
Divine manifestation is cosmic in scope; the sacred is not merely local but can reverberate through all realms of existence.
The Mahāprabhāsa manifestation in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose power is depicted as affecting all three worlds.
None; it describes the cosmic signs accompanying the tīrtha’s epiphany.