Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानमसुराणां प्रणाशनः । पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुः स प्रमतिर्नाम वीर्यवान्
kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānamasurāṇāṃ praṇāśanaḥ | pūrvajanmani viṣṇuḥ sa pramatirnāma vīryavān
धर्मव्यवस्था स्थापन करण्यासाठी व असुरांचा नाश करण्यासाठी, पूर्वजन्मी तोच विष्णु ‘प्रमति’ नावाचा पराक्रमी होता।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A prophetic narrator in Prabhāsa recounts Viṣṇu’s former birth as the mighty Pramati, emphasizing the mission: establish dharma, destroy asuras; the sacred coastal landscape and Somnātha’s aura linger in the background.
FAQs
Divine power is not arbitrary; it appears to stabilize dharma and remove forces that oppose cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha for the chapter’s teaching.
None; the verse is explanatory about purpose and prior identity.