Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
त्वया पूर्वेण वपुषा देवानां कार्यसिद्धये । गजरूपं समास्थाय त्रासिताः सर्वदानवाः
tvayā pūrveṇa vapuṣā devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye | gajarūpaṃ samāsthāya trāsitāḥ sarvadānavāḥ
پہلے، دیوتاؤں کے کام کی تکمیل کے لیے، تم نے اپنے سابقہ پیکر سے گج روپ اختیار کیا؛ اور اُس روپ سے سب دانَو ہمیشہ خوف زدہ ہو کر بھاگ گئے۔
Unspecified in snippet; contextually a Prabhāsa-māhātmya narrator praising Vināyaka (deductively Sūta speaking in a māhātmya frame).
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vināyaka assumes a powerful elephant-form; frightened dānavas scatter while devas look on, their purpose secured.
FAQs
Divine aid arises when dharma’s work must be fulfilled; Vināyaka removes hostile forces by manifesting the needed form.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
None directly; it is a praise-verse recalling Vināyaka’s protective deed.