Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
हतशेषाः समुद्रांते प्रविष्टा भयविह्वलाः । ततस्ते मंत्रयामासुः पीड्यंते देवताः कथम्
hataśeṣāḥ samudrāṃte praviṣṭā bhayavihvalāḥ | tataste maṃtrayāmāsuḥ pīḍyaṃte devatāḥ katham
വധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ശേഷിച്ചവർ ഭയവിഹ്വലരായി സമുദ്രതീരത്തിലേക്ക് കയറി. പിന്നെ അവർ ആലോചിച്ചു—“ദേവന്മാരെ വീണ്ടും എങ്ങനെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കാം?”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa sāgara-tīra
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Terrified surviving daityas flee to the ocean’s edge, half-submerged among waves and rocks, then gather in a dark huddle to plot renewed harassment of the gods.
FAQs
Unchecked hostility seeks new strategies even after defeat, highlighting the need for vigilance and steadfastness in dharma.
The Prabhāsa coastal setting is implied through the ocean context, framing the māhātmya’s sacred geography.
None; it advances the narrative of the demons’ renewed plotting.