Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
यस्यैकदिवसप्रांते सदेवासुरमानवाः । विलयं यांति देवेशि कस्तं न प्रतिपूजयेत्
yasyaikadivasaprāṃte sadevāsuramānavāḥ | vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi kastaṃ na pratipūjayet
यस्यैकदिवसप्रान्ते सदेवासुरमानवाः विलयं यान्ति, देवेशि, तं कः न प्रतिपूजयेत्?
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Devēśī addressed)
Scene: A cosmic tableau: at the close of a single divine day, worlds fade into dissolution—devas, asuras, and humans dissolving into a vast darkness—while the worship-worthy Lord remains luminous; the address to Devī suggests a sacred dialogue backdrop.
FAQs
Awareness of cosmic time and dissolution inspires humility and deep devotion; the Supreme deserves intensified worship.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where worship is framed against the vastness of divine time and cosmic cycles.
Pratipūjā—heightened, careful worship—presented as the appropriate response to divine sovereignty.
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