Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
पूर्वकर्मानुसंयोगाद्विकर्मणि रतः सदा । तस्यां रात्र्यामहं तत्र जनमध्ये तु संस्थितः
pūrvakarmānusaṃyogādvikarmaṇi rataḥ sadā | tasyāṃ rātryāmahaṃ tatra janamadhye tu saṃsthitaḥ
முன் வினைகளின் தொடர்பால் நான் எப்போதும் தீவினைகளில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தேன். ஆனால் அந்த இரவில் அங்கே மக்கள் கூட்டத்தின் நடுவே நான் நின்றிருந்தேன்.
Unspecified first-person narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (deductively: the same thief-speaker)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed woman (varānane) implied in adjacent verse sequence
Scene: Night at Prabhāsa: a dense pilgrim crowd with lamps and banners; in the shadows stands a solitary figure, tense and watchful, yet enveloped by the collective sanctity of the gathering.
FAQs
Past karma can incline one toward vikarma, yet proximity to a sacred observance and holy assembly can become a turning point.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, depicted as a gathering-place on Śivarātri.
No new rite is stated; the verse situates the speaker during the Śivarātri night among devotees.