Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
अमरत्वमनुप्राप्तो वर्द्धते सलिलालये । तं दृष्ट्वा त्रिदशाः सर्वे स्पर्द्धमाना मुहुर्मुहुः । ज्ञात्वामृतान्वितं तोयं मंत्रं चक्रुर्भयान्विताः
amaratvamanuprāpto varddhate salilālaye | taṃ dṛṣṭvā tridaśāḥ sarve sparddhamānā muhurmuhuḥ | jñātvāmṛtānvitaṃ toyaṃ maṃtraṃ cakrurbhayānvitāḥ
अमरत्वमनुप्राप्य सः सलिलालये ववृद्धे। तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे त्रिदशाः मुहुर्मुहुः स्पर्धमानाः; अमृतान्वितं तोयं ज्ञात्वा भययुक्ताः मन्त्रं चक्रुः।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Amṛta-salila tīrtha (hare-immortality locus)
Type: kund
Listener: null
Scene: In a shining water abode, the hare now radiant and deathless; devas watch in astonishment, then exchange jealous, fearful glances and begin formulating a protective mantra.
FAQs
Divine order safeguards sacred power; when sanctity threatens imbalance, protective measures (mantra) arise.
The amṛta-infused waters associated with Śaśāpāna in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Mantra is mentioned as a protective act (by devas), but no practitioner-facing ritual instruction is given here.