Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
ज्ञात्वा सुराः सर्वमिदं विचेष्टितं कृत्यानलस्यास्य निबंधनं तथा । प्रलोभनं तोयपुरःसरा द्विषः पुपूजिरे केशवमत्र चारिणम्
jñātvā surāḥ sarvamidaṃ viceṣṭitaṃ kṛtyānalasyāsya nibaṃdhanaṃ tathā | pralobhanaṃ toyapuraḥsarā dviṣaḥ pupūjire keśavamatra cāriṇam
ദേവന്മാർ ഈ മുഴുവൻ സംഭവക്രമവും അറിഞ്ഞു— ആ കൃത്യാനലത്തെ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധിച്ചു, ജലത്തെ മുൻപാക്കി ശത്രുവിനെ എങ്ങനെ പ്രലോഭിപ്പിച്ചു— അപ്പോൾ അവിടെ പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു സഞ്ചരിച്ച കേശവനെ അവർ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ചു।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditional frame: Sūta speaking to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī / frame-audience
Scene: The devas assemble in the Prabhāsa landscape, hands raised in worship, as Keśava stands or walks along the shore; a subdued, chained or contained Vaḍavānala is hinted beneath the waters.
FAQs
Recognizing divine governance behind cosmic stability leads to gratitude, worship, and renewed faith in dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as the arena of Keśava’s protective action remembered through tīrtha-māhātmya.
Worship (pūjā) is implied—devas honor Keśava after witnessing His protective acts.