Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
ऋषय ऊचुः । जानासि सर्वं त्वं देव न चास्त्यविदितं तव । इमं दैत्यं महादेव संहरस्व महाबलम् । यथेदं सकलं विश्वं निरातंकं भवेत्प्रभो
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | jānāsi sarvaṃ tvaṃ deva na cāstyaviditaṃ tava | imaṃ daityaṃ mahādeva saṃharasva mahābalam | yathedaṃ sakalaṃ viśvaṃ nirātaṃkaṃ bhavetprabho
Para resi berkata: “Wahai Tuhan, Engkau mengetahui segala-galanya; tiada sesuatu pun yang tersembunyi daripada-Mu. Wahai Mahādeva, musnahkanlah Daitya yang sangat perkasa ini, agar seluruh alam semesta menjadi bebas daripada ketakutan, wahai Penguasa.”
Ṛṣis
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages, still in añjali, urgently petition the omniscient Lord to destroy a mighty daitya so the universe becomes fearless; the atmosphere shifts from calm devotion to righteous urgency.
FAQs
Righteous beings seek the Lord’s intervention to restore dharma and remove fear from the world.
The request occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative, connecting Prabhāsa with divine safeguarding of the world.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a petitionary prayer (yācñā) for the destruction of adharma embodied by the daitya.