Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
एवं पुरंदरस्याग्रे संकीर्त्य स महामुनिः । दधीचिः प्राणसंहारं कृतवान्सत्वरं तदा
evaṃ puraṃdarasyāgre saṃkīrtya sa mahāmuniḥ | dadhīciḥ prāṇasaṃhāraṃ kṛtavānsatvaraṃ tadā
Setelah demikian menyatakan tekadnya di hadapan Purandara (Indra), mahāmuni Dadhīci pun segera melakukan penarikan dan penghentian nafas-hayat (prāṇa) pada saat itu.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame
Scene: Dadhīci, radiant with tapas, stands before Indra (Purandara) and the assembled devas; he sits in yogic posture and swiftly withdraws prāṇa, shown as a luminous ascent; devas watch in awe and reverence.
FAQs
Mastery of prāṇa through tapas enables the sage to serve dharma with fearless, voluntary sacrifice.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such exemplary acts are remembered as part of the kṣetra’s spiritual greatness.
No public ritual; it refers to yogic control—prāṇa-saṃhāra—as a fruit of austerity.