Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
केवलं ब्राह्मणास्तत्र स्थिताः सदसि भामिनि । ते दृष्ट्वा शंकरं प्राप्तं कोपसंरक्तलोचनम्
kevalaṃ brāhmaṇāstatra sthitāḥ sadasi bhāmini | te dṛṣṭvā śaṃkaraṃ prāptaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanam
Wahai yang jelita, di balairung itu hanya para brāhmaṇa yang tetap berdiri. Mereka melihat Śaṅkara tiba dengan mata merah menyala oleh amarah.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor
Scene: An emptied hall with only brāhmaṇas seated near the vedi; they look up in fear as Śaṅkara enters, eyes red with wrath, aura blazing; the contrast between trembling ritualists and overwhelming divinity dominates.
FAQs
Brāhmaṇas embody continuity of sacred rites; even amid upheaval, they seek to uphold order through mantra and ritual steadiness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the chapter belongs to its Māhātmya in the Skanda Purana.
The setting is a ritual assembly (sadas) tied to yajña; the next verse specifies homa with Rudra-mantras.