Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91
पतंगा इव चाग्नौ तु न्यपतन्यदुपुंगवाः । नासीत्पलायने बुद्धिर्वध्यमानस्य कस्यचित्
pataṃgā iva cāgnau tu nyapatanyadupuṃgavāḥ | nāsītpalāyane buddhirvadhyamānasya kasyacit
آگ میں پروانوں کی طرح، یدوؤں کے سردار دھڑام سے جا گرے؛ اور جنہیں قتل کیا جا رہا تھا، کسی کے دل میں بھاگنے کا خیال تک نہ آیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration to a listener such as Agastya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the kathā; vocative not present here but continues same address-context
Scene: Foremost Yādavas fall in waves like moths into flame—figures rushing forward, eyes fixed, ignoring wounds; a blazing metaphorical ‘fire’ overlays the melee, suggesting kāla as consuming flame.
FAQs
Even mighty lineages fall when Kāla ripens; the Purāṇa urges humility and dharmic vigilance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the famed sacred region where the Yādava episode is situated in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it narrates the irreversible momentum of Kāla at Prabhāsa.