Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
अगाधेम्भसि तेनासौ निक्षिप्तो वाडवोऽनलः । वरुणेन पिबन्नास्ते तज्जलं सुमहाबलः
agādhembhasi tenāsau nikṣipto vāḍavo'nalaḥ | varuṇena pibannāste tajjalaṃ sumahābalaḥ
Maka api Vaḍava itu dicampakkan ke dalam perairan yang tak terduga dalamnya; di sana, dengan kekuatan besar namun terkawal, ia tetap tinggal—melalui Varuṇa, ia senantiasa meneguk air itu.
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditional frame: Sūta speaking to sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara (ocean at Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A cross-section vision: dark blue ocean depths with a red-gold Vaḍava-fire coiled like a mare’s head, drinking water through Varuṇa’s agency; above, calm surface belies the hidden force.
FAQs
Even immense power becomes auspicious when governed by dharma and divine stewardship.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates cosmic safeguarding as part of the site’s remembered greatness.
None; the verse explains the cosmological containment of the fire within the ocean.