Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
कल्पभेदेन नामानि तथैव सुरसुन्दरि । निरुक्तभेदैर्बहुधा भिद्यंते कारणैः प्रिये । प्रभासमिति यन्नाम दातव्यं निश्चलं स्मृतम्
kalpabhedena nāmāni tathaiva surasundari | niruktabhedairbahudhā bhidyaṃte kāraṇaiḥ priye | prabhāsamiti yannāma dātavyaṃ niścalaṃ smṛtam
يا حسناءَ السُّورَةِ السماوية، باختلاف الكَلْبَات تتبدّل الأسماء أيضًا؛ ويا حبيبة، وباختلاف الاشتقاقات والتأويلات اللغوية (نيرُكْتا) تنقسم على وجوه كثيرة لأسباب شتّى. غير أنّ الاسم الذي ينبغي أن يُعطى بثبات هو «برابهاسا»، فهذا مذكورٌ أنّه غير متغيّر.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as sura-sundarī/priye)
Scene: A cosmic tableau showing successive kalpas as layered horizons, while the word ‘Prabhāsa’ remains luminous and unchanged above the enduring coastline/temple.
FAQs
Traditions may explain sanctity in many ways, but the tīrtha’s essential identity remains stable and worthy of faithful remembrance.
Prabhāsa—affirmed as the fixed and authoritative name of the kṣetra/tīrtha.
A naming injunction is implied: the kṣetra should consistently be designated as ‘Prabhāsa’.