Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118
ततो वैन्यभयत्रस्ता गौर्भूत्वा प्राद्रवन्मही । तां धेनुं पृथुरादाय द्रवन्तीमन्वधावत
tato vainyabhayatrastā gaurbhūtvā prādravanmahī | tāṃ dhenuṃ pṛthurādāya dravantīmanvadhāvata
അപ്പോൾ വൈന്യന്റെ ഭയത്തിൽ വിറച്ച ഭൂമി പശുവിന്റെ രൂപം ധരിച്ചു ഓടി; ആ ധേനുവിനെ പിടിച്ച് പൃഥു ഓടുന്ന അവളെ പിന്തുടർന്നു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Earth transforms into a frightened cow and runs; Pṛthu seizes and chases her across a wide landscape—dust rising, tension between fear and rightful restraint.
FAQs
Nature’s abundance is not automatic; it is harmonized through dharmic authority and responsibility.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching tīrtha-context for this teaching narrative.
No explicit rite; the imagery prepares for the later motif of “milking the Earth” (organized prosperity).
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