Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
चलिताः पर्वताः स्थानात्क्षुभितो मकरालयः । धरणी खण्डशो देव वृक्षाश्च निधनं गताः
calitāḥ parvatāḥ sthānātkṣubhito makarālayaḥ | dharaṇī khaṇḍaśo deva vṛkṣāśca nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
پہاڑ اپنی جگہوں سے ہل گئے، مکراؤں کا گھر سمندر اضطراب میں مَتھنے لگا۔ اے پروردگار! زمین ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو گئی اور درخت تباہی کو پہنچ گئے۔
Śiva (deduced: continuing narration to Devī; ‘deva’ reflects quoted/embedded address within the narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A catastrophic tableau: mountains lurch, the ocean heaves like a churning cauldron, the earth fissures, and forests collapse—an apocalyptic response to the unstoppable dance-force.
FAQs
Unchecked power—whether ascetic or worldly—can become destructive; dharma requires restraint and right guidance.
The Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context, portraying how events there ripple across the cosmos in māhātmya literature.
None; it is a descriptive verse of upheaval, not a ritual instruction.