Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
एष एवाधुना सोऽहं तदाराधनजं फलम् । प्रतिष्ठातास्मि भद्रं ते सोम कृत्य ममैव तत्
eṣa evādhunā so'haṃ tadārādhanajaṃ phalam | pratiṣṭhātāsmi bhadraṃ te soma kṛtya mamaiva tat
«وهكذا فأنا الآن أيضًا هو أنا بعينه—حاملٌ ثمرة العبادة التي نشأت من ذلك. فليكن لك الخير، يا سوما؛ إن هذا الإنجاز هو حقًّا من صنيعي.»
Brahmā (context: attributing his present ‘established’ condition to prior worship)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Soma
Scene: A divine figure affirms present continuity and claims the fruit of past worship; Soma is blessed (‘bhadraṃ te’). The atmosphere is calm, with a sense of completed consecration and settled merit in the Prabhāsa shrine.
FAQs
Ārādhana performed in a sacred context matures into enduring phala; spiritual status is grounded in dharmic action.
The surrounding passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, framing worship and its fruits in that tīrtha’s sanctity.
No step-by-step rite is prescribed; the verse highlights the principle that worship (ārādhana) yields fruit (phala).