Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
होमं चक्रुस्ततो भीता रुद्रमंत्रैः समंततः । अन्ये त्राससमायुक्ताः पलायंते दिशो दश
homaṃ cakrustato bhītā rudramaṃtraiḥ samaṃtataḥ | anye trāsasamāyuktāḥ palāyaṃte diśo daśa
அப்போது அச்சமுற்ற அவர்கள் எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் ருத்ர மந்திரங்களால் ஹோமம் செய்தனர்; மற்றவர்கள் பயத்தால் கலங்கி பத்து திசைகளுக்கும் ஓடினர்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘bhāminī’ addressed interlocutor
Scene: Brāhmaṇas, trembling, circle the vedi performing homa while chanting Rudra-mantras; flames rise in a protective ring; in the background, terrified figures run outward to all ten directions, dust and garments flying.
FAQs
In crisis, mantra and yajña are invoked as spiritual refuge—yet fear-driven ritual cannot replace genuine reverence.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose Māhātmya presents these events as sanctifying sacred history.
Homa (fire-offering) performed with Rudra-mantras, described as being done “on all sides” (samantataḥ).