Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
एवं प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । वर्षाणि चात्र जातानि प्रभासे बालरूपिणः
evaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | varṣāṇi cātra jātāni prabhāse bālarūpiṇaḥ
وهكذا أُقيمَ اللِّينغا على يدِ براهما خالقِ العوالم؛ وهنا في برابهاسا مضتِ السنينُ عليه وهو باقٍ في هيئةِ طفلٍ.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varānanā
Scene: Brahmā, having established the liṅga, remains in Prabhāsa in a childlike form as years pass—suggesting a sacred suspension of ordinary time; the shrine stands steady while seasons cycle around it.
FAQs
A holy place can alter ordinary experience of time and form, revealing the kṣetra’s divine power.
Prabhāsa, portrayed as a kṣetra where even Brahmā abides in a wondrous state.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights the sanctity and extraordinary effect of the kṣetra.