Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
ततः कायोद्भवः स्वेदः सर्वेषां समजायत । तेषां चिंतयतां देवि निरोधाज्जगृहुश्च तम्
tataḥ kāyodbhavaḥ svedaḥ sarveṣāṃ samajāyata | teṣāṃ ciṃtayatāṃ devi nirodhājjagṛhuśca tam
പിന്നീട്, ഹേ ദേവി, എല്ലാവരുടെയും ദേഹത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച വിയർപ്പ് ഉദിച്ചു; അവർ ധ്യാനിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ നിയന്ത്രണത്താൽ ആ തത്ത്വത്തെ ഒന്നാക്കി ഉൾക്കൊണ്ടു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Devas and ṛṣis in intense meditation; beads of sweat shimmer like pearls; the gathered essence forms a luminous droplet or orb held within a ritual vessel or within a haloed field of restraint.
FAQs
Inner restraint (nirodha) and focused contemplation can transmute distress into a concentrated शक्ति (power) for dharmic protection.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where collective spiritual force is shown generating divine assistance.
No explicit rite; it implies yogic restraint and concentrated intention accompanying mantra-work.