Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
जज्ञे पुनःपुनर्विष्णुः कर्त्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थितिम् । धर्मान्नारायणः साध्यः संभूतश्चाक्षुषेंतरे
jajñe punaḥpunarviṣṇuḥ karttuṃ dharmavyavasthitim | dharmānnārāyaṇaḥ sādhyaḥ saṃbhūtaścākṣuṣeṃtare
தர்ம ஒழுங்கை நிலைநாட்ட விஷ்ணு மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அவதரித்தான். தர்மத்திலிருந்து நாராயணன் ‘சாத்ய’ ரூபமாக வெளிப்பட்டு, சாக்ஷுஷ மன்வந்தரத்தில் தோன்றினான்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A montage of Viṣṇu’s repeated descents: central Nārāyaṇa emerging from a radiant Dharma-personification, surrounded by smaller vignettes of avatāras restoring order; a manvantara wheel labeled ‘Cākṣuṣa’ in the background.
FAQs
Avatāra is presented as dharma’s safeguard across cosmic eras; righteousness is periodically reset when it declines.
No specific site is named; the verse is doctrinal/cosmological within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting.
None; it explains the purpose and timing (manvantara) of divine manifestation.