Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
स चकार तथा शीघ्रं ततो धूमो व्यजायत । पातालं तेन सर्वत्र व्याप्तं भूधर वह्निना
sa cakāra tathā śīghraṃ tato dhūmo vyajāyata | pātālaṃ tena sarvatra vyāptaṃ bhūdhara vahninā
သူသည် ချက်ချင်း ထိုသို့ ပြုလုပ်လိုက်သည်; ထို့နောက် မီးခိုး ထွက်ပေါ်လာ하였다။ တောင်တန်းကဲ့သို့သော မီးအားဖြင့် ပာတာလာ အနှံ့အပြား ပြည့်နှက်သွား하였다။
Narrator (contextual; later marked as Vasiṣṭha in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Arbuda (narrative locus) / Pātāla (mythic realm)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the Purāṇic dialogue (implied)
Scene: Upon Uttaṅka’s touch, a plume of smoke erupts; a massive, mountain-like blaze spreads, filling the subterranean nāga world, casting serpentine palaces into a haze of heat and fear.
FAQs
Purifying power (agni) exposes what is hidden; dharma brings concealed wrongdoing into the open.
None explicitly; the passage is set in Pātāla as part of the Arbuda-khaṇḍa story.
None; it narrates the arising of smoke and the spreading of fire.