Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
तस्मै सर्वं तथा वृत्तं समाचख्युः पराभवम् । विक्रमं वीरभद्रस्य ततः क्रुद्धो महेश्वरः
tasmai sarvaṃ tathā vṛttaṃ samācakhyuḥ parābhavam | vikramaṃ vīrabhadrasya tataḥ kruddho maheśvaraḥ
انہوں نے اس سے سب کچھ جیسا ہوا تھا بیان کیا—شکست بھی اور ویر بھدر کی دلیری بھی؛ تب مہیشور غضبناک ہو اٹھے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Fleeing hosts gather before Maheśvara and narrate the defeat and Vīrabhadra’s valor; Maheśvara’s face darkens with wrath, signaling imminent divine intervention.
FAQs
Adharma provokes divine intervention; the Lord’s wrath here symbolizes the restoration of cosmic balance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a land where the memory of divine acts sanctifies the pilgrimage landscape.
No ritual is mentioned in this verse.