Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमसंभावितात्मनः । नेत्राभ्यां सोमः सुस्राव दशधा द्योतयन्दिशः
ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somasaṃbhāvitātmanaḥ | netrābhyāṃ somaḥ susrāva daśadhā dyotayandiśaḥ
پھر جس کی ذات سَوم سے معمور ہو چکی تھی، اُس میں سَوم اوپر کی طرف چڑھ آیا۔ اُس کی آنکھوں سے سَوم دس دھاروں میں بہہ نکلا اور سب سمتوں کو منور کر گیا۔
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.