Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमसंभावितात्मनः । नेत्राभ्यां सोमः सुस्राव दशधा द्योतयन्दिशः
ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somasaṃbhāvitātmanaḥ | netrābhyāṃ somaḥ susrāva daśadhā dyotayandiśaḥ
சோமம் நிறைந்த ஆத்மநிலையுடைய அவரில் சோமம் மேலே எழுந்தது; மேலும் அவரது கண்களிலிருந்து சோமம் பத்து ஓடைகளாகப் பாய்ந்து, திசைகளை ஒளிரச் செய்தது.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: From Atri’s eyes, Soma flows in ten radiant streams (suggested as fan-like rays) illuminating all directions; Soma also ‘rises upward’ from his soma-suffused being—cosmic light over the coastal sacred land.
FAQs
Purity and tapas can transmute consciousness into a luminous, world-benefiting force, symbolized by Soma’s radiance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Māhātmya situates Soma’s sacred manifestation as part of the kṣetra’s glory.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse describes a miraculous fruit of austerity and divine transformation.
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