Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
त्रैलोक्येऽस्मिन्निरातंकौ चक्रतू राज्यमञ्जसा । तयोः सेना मुखे वीरास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रकीर्तिताः
trailokye'sminnirātaṃkau cakratū rājyamañjasā | tayoḥ senā mukhe vīrāstrayastriṃśatprakīrtitāḥ
اس تینوں لوکوں میں وہ بے خوفی کے ساتھ آسانی سے راج کرتے رہے۔ ان کی فوج کے آگے تیتیس نامور سورما مشہور ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic vision of the asura rule across the three worlds, with an immense army; at the vanguard stand thirty-three famed champions, like a grim mirror of the ‘trayastriṃśat’ devas.
FAQs
Worldly power can appear effortless, yet it remains unstable when it stands against dharma and the divine order.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as the sacred setting in which the wider cosmic narrative is recounted.
None is stated in this verse.