Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यदा शप्तो धर्मराजश्छायया वरवर्णिनि । तदा तस्यापतत्पादः स च दुःखान्वितोऽभवत्
yadā śapto dharmarājaśchāyayā varavarṇini | tadā tasyāpatatpādaḥ sa ca duḥkhānvito'bhavat
ਹੇ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਵਰਣ ਵਾਲੀਏ, ਜਦੋਂ ਛਾਇਆ ਨੇ ਧਰਮਰਾਜ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਪ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਤਦੋਂ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਪੈਰ ਝੜ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰ ਗਿਆ।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as the remedial field for Dharmarāja’s affliction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Chāyā pronounces a curse; Dharmarāja, regal yet shaken, looks down as his foot falls away; attendants recoil; the scene transitions toward a distant Prabhāsa landscape suggesting the path of penance.
FAQs
Even cosmic administrators are subject to karmic consequence; suffering becomes the catalyst that leads one to seek Śiva and sacred places for restoration.
The narrative prepares the ground for Yameśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Dharmarāja later performs austerity and establishes a liṅga.
None explicitly; it narrates the cause (a curse and resulting affliction) that leads to later tapas and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.