Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
आहैवं पुंडरीकाक्षमपः कुरु त्वमक्षयाः । अन्यथा सर्वनाशेन जलानां मामिहाग्रतः । भक्षयिष्यत्यसौ वह्निर्वाडवो हि जनार्द्दन
āhaivaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣamapaḥ kuru tvamakṣayāḥ | anyathā sarvanāśena jalānāṃ māmihāgrataḥ | bhakṣayiṣyatyasau vahnirvāḍavo hi janārddana
اس نے کنول نین پروردگار سے یوں کہا: “اے جناردن! پانیوں کو اَکھوٹ کر دے، ورنہ میری آنکھوں کے سامنے ہی وہ واڈَو آگ مجھے پوری طرح بھسم کر دے گی اور پانیوں کی کلی تباہی ہو جائے گی۔”
Ocean (Jalanidhi/Samudra) appealing to Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Someśa vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Umā addressed as ‘Mahādevī’ in the surrounding verses; broader audience of sages implied
Scene: The Ocean personified pleads before lotus-eyed Janārdana; behind them the terrifying Vaḍavānala threatens to drink the waters; the shoreline of Prabhāsa glows with ominous light.
FAQs
In crisis, even the mighty seek refuge in the Divine; grace preserves the world by making resources sustainable.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s seaside sanctity—where the Purāṇa frames the ocean’s protection as part of the region’s sacred greatness.
No direct ritual here; it is a supplication (śaraṇāgati) to Viṣṇu for safeguarding the waters.