Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ततः क्रोधाभिभूतेन चक्षुषा चावलोकयत् । स क्रूररक्षःक्षयकृत्तिमिरद्विपकेसरी
tataḥ krodhābhibhūtena cakṣuṣā cāvalokayat | sa krūrarakṣaḥkṣayakṛttimiradvipakesarī
پھر غضب سے مغلوب ہو کر اس نے اپنی نگاہ ڈالی؛ وہ سورج، تاریکی کے ہاتھی کے لیے شیر کی مانند، درندہ صفت راکشسوں کا ہلاک کرنے والا بن گیا۔
Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the listener (Devi/Varavarṇinī referenced later in the adhyāya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Surya’s wrathful gaze flashes outward; rākṣasas recoil and disintegrate like shadows at sunrise. The simile is visualized: a lion (Surya) pouncing upon the elephant of darkness.
FAQs
Dharma is protected when divine light (Sūrya) dispels both inner darkness and outer forces of adharma.
Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where Sūrya’s presence is celebrated.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the narrative of Sūrya’s protective action that supports the kṣetra’s greatness.