Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
यावंति देहरोमाणि इन्द्रास्तावन्त एव च । क्रमादिन्द्रे विनष्टे तु तल्लोमपतनं भवेत्
yāvaṃti deharomāṇi indrāstāvanta eva ca | kramādindre vinaṣṭe tu tallomapatanaṃ bhavet
جسم پر جتنے بال ہیں اتنے ہی اندرا ہیں؛ اور جب ترتیب کے ساتھ کوئی اندرا فنا ہوتا ہے تو اسی کے مطابق ایک بال جھڑ جاتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Lomaśeśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary tableau: innumerable Indras appear like sparks across a cosmic body; as each Indra’s term ends, a single hair falls—symbolizing the minute yet inevitable markers of time’s passage.
FAQs
It frames longevity and time as governed by cosmic order, where even the rule of Indra is cyclical and impermanent.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of the Lomaśeśvara shrine’s greatness.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it provides a cosmological explanation linked to Lomaśa’s extraordinary lifespan.