Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य स दैत्यः पापबुद्धिमान् । मेषरूपी च वातापिः कामरूपोऽभवत्क्षणात्
prabhāsakṣetramāsādya sa daityaḥ pāpabuddhimān | meṣarūpī ca vātāpiḥ kāmarūpo'bhavatkṣaṇāt
Setibanya di kawasan suci Prabhāsa, daitya yang berniat jahat itu—Vātāpi, si penukar rupa sesuka hati—seketika menjadi seekor kibas berbentuk domba jantan.
Narrator (within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (implied)
Scene: A daitya arrives at the luminous coastal Prabhāsa; waves and temple silhouettes; Vātāpi transforms instantly into a ram—mid-metamorphosis—while the air remains charged with sacred presence.
FAQs
Adharma often hides behind pleasing appearances; the verse warns that deceit can enter even sacred spaces, yet such spaces ultimately reveal truth.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly named—the Māhātmya frames it as a renowned sacred region (tīrtha-field) tied to major purāṇic events.
None; it narrates the Daitya’s arrival and transformation.