Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ब्रह्माण्डे प्रथमं पीठं यत्प्रभासं व्यवस्थितम् । तत्र देवि महापीठे योगिन्यो भूचराः खगाः । भैरवेण समे तास्तु क्रीडन्ते स्वेच्छया प्रिये
brahmāṇḍe prathamaṃ pīṭhaṃ yatprabhāsaṃ vyavasthitam | tatra devi mahāpīṭhe yoginyo bhūcarāḥ khagāḥ | bhairaveṇa same tāstu krīḍante svecchayā priye
إنَّ البيثا (pīṭha) المُقامَةَ في برابهاسا هي الأولى في الكون كلّه. هناك، يا ديفي، في ذلك البيثا العظيم، تلهو اليوغينيات (Yoginī)—سائراتٍ على الأرض وطائراتٍ في السماء—بحرّيةٍ تامّة، يا حبيبة، مع بهايرافا (Bhairava).
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Mahāpīṭha (Siddhalakṣmī/Vaiṣṇavī Śakti seat)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A vast sacred seat at Prabhāsa radiates as the ‘first pīṭha’; Yoginīs appear in two modes—some earth-walking, some sky-flying—circling and dancing with Bhairava at the center; the scene balances awe with sanctity, set against a coastal night-sky or twilight.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is proclaimed a primordial seat of power; the sacred landscape is alive with divine attendants, affirming its exceptional sanctity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a supreme Śākta pīṭha, associated with Yoginīs and Bhairava.
None directly; it emphasizes the metaphysical status and divine retinue of the place.