Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
रथप्रवरवेगेन वाणी चास्खलिता भवेत् । नश्यंति वादिनः सर्वे गरुडस्येव पन्नगाः
rathapravaravegena vāṇī cāskhalitā bhavet | naśyaṃti vādinaḥ sarve garuḍasyeva pannagāḥ
Pertuturannya menjadi lancar tanpa tersangkut, sepantas laju kereta terbaik; segala lawan lenyap seperti ular di hadapan Garuḍa.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A speaker stands poised, words flowing like a racing chariot; opponents recoil and scatter like serpents as Garuḍa’s shadow falls—symbolizing irresistible, dharma-charged eloquence.
FAQs
Divine empowerment makes speech steady and decisive; opposition collapses before grace-backed truth.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose tīrtha-prabhāva is said to confer such commanding eloquence.
Not directly; it poetically describes the fruit (phala) of the earlier tīrtha disciplines.