Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
काश्चिदंगसमालग्नान्समंताद्भयवर्जितान् । एवं स तैः पुनः सर्वैर्मशकैरिव चेष्टितम्
kāścidaṃgasamālagnānsamaṃtādbhayavarjitān | evaṃ sa taiḥ punaḥ sarvairmaśakairiva ceṣṭitam
Alguns se agarraram aos seus membros por todos os lados, sem temor. Assim, repetidas vezes, foi importunado por todos eles, como se fossem mosquitos.
Sūta (contextual narrator)
Scene: Ascetics cling to the elephant’s legs and sides from all directions, undaunted; the elephant shifts and shakes as if irritated, while the text’s mosquito simile suggests a slightly comic, bustling energy.
FAQs
Fearlessness without discernment can become mere agitation; sacred narratives redirect such energy toward recognition of the divine.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a landscape where extraordinary divine-play events unfold.
None; the emphasis is on the unfolding līlā within the kṣetra-māhātmya.