Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
तद्गर्भं विधिना दृष्टा दिशोदश दधुस्तदा । समेत्य धारयामासुर्न च धर्तुमशक्नुवन्
tadgarbhaṃ vidhinā dṛṣṭā diśodaśa dadhustadā | sametya dhārayāmāsurna ca dhartumaśaknuvan
तो गर्भरूप तत्त्व विधात्या ब्रह्म्याने पाहून दहा दिशांना ते स्वीकारण्याची आज्ञा केली. त्या सर्व एकत्र येऊन धारण करू लागल्या, पण ते धरणे त्यांना शक्य झाले नाही.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (address implied in adjacent verse sequence)
Scene: Brahmā beholds a radiant ‘germ/essence’ and commands the ten directions to receive it; the Dik-devīs gather, straining to hold a luminous, embryo-like orb that overwhelms them.
FAQs
Divine power can exceed even cosmic containers; it requires the right ordained seat and time to be established.
Prabhāsakṣetra, implied as the destined arena where the divine essence will ultimately settle.
None; the verse narrates cosmic events involving Brahmā and the directions.