Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
देवासुरमनुष्याश्च सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः । मया विलोकिताः सर्वे भयं चाशु व्रजंति ते
devāsuramanuṣyāśca siddhavidyādharoragāḥ | mayā vilokitāḥ sarve bhayaṃ cāśu vrajaṃti te
دیوتا، اسور، انسان، سدھ، ودیادھر اور ناگ—جن پر میں محض نگاہ ڈال دوں، وہ سب فوراً خوف میں مبتلا ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Śani (deduced from immediate context of Śani granting boons to King Daśaratha)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śani declares his fear-inducing gaze over a panorama of beings—devas in the sky, asuras in shadow, humans on earth, siddhas aloft, vidyādharas flying, nāgas coiled—suggesting the universality of his influence.
FAQs
It emphasizes the awe-inspiring, karma-enforcing power of Śani: his ‘gaze’ symbolizes unavoidable moral consequence rather than mere punishment.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a sacred landscape where divine encounters and protections are narrated.
No direct ritual is stated here; it functions as a doctrinal setup for later praise (stotra) and boon-seeking in the narrative.