Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
यज्ञाग्निधूमेन नभो विराजते सुवर्णरूपा पृथिवी विराजते । शून्यं तु वेदैर्भुवनं च शोभते धिष्ण्यं बलेर्दैर्त्यैगणैश्च शोभते
yajñāgnidhūmena nabho virājate suvarṇarūpā pṛthivī virājate | śūnyaṃ tu vedairbhuvanaṃ ca śobhate dhiṣṇyaṃ balerdairtyaigaṇaiśca śobhate
“Langit berseri oleh asap api yajña; bumi berseri seakan emas. Namun dunia seolah kosong daripada Veda; dan singgahsana Bali gemilang dengan gerombolan daitya.”
Nārada (contextual, narrative description)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vast sacrificial arena: multiple altars sending smoke into a radiant sky; earth depicted as golden; yet a subtle emptiness—silent Vedic reciters absent—while Bali’s dais gleams crowded with daityas.
FAQs
Outer prosperity can coexist with inner decline; true auspiciousness requires Vedic-Dharmic grounding.
The prosperity motifs are part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya’s depiction of cosmic and royal conditions in Prabhāsa.
Yajña is referenced (sacrificial fires), though no specific procedure is detailed.