Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
प्राची सरस्वती चैव अन्यत्रैव तु दुर्लभा । विशेषेण कुरुक्षेत्रे प्रभासे पुष्करे तथा
prācī sarasvatī caiva anyatraiva tu durlabhā | viśeṣeṇa kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā
إنّ ساراسفتي الجارية شرقًا (براتشي Prācī) نادرةٌ حقًّا في سائر المواضع؛ وإنما تُوجَد على وجه الخصوص في كوروكشيترا (Kurukṣetra) وفي برابهاسا (Prabhāsa) وكذلك في بوشكارا (Puṣkara).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī (manifest at Kurukṣetra–Prabhāsa–Puṣkara)
Type: river
Scene: A stylized pilgrimage map: three vignettes—Kurukṣetra plains with tīrtha tanks, Prabhāsa coastal shrine with river meeting the sea, and Puṣkara lake with Brahmā temple—connected by a flowing ribbon labeled Prācī Sarasvatī.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas form a sacred map where divine presence (like Sarasvatī) is specially accessible.
Prabhāsa is explicitly named, alongside Kurukṣetra and Puṣkara, as a key Sarasvatī-associated tīrtha.
No direct rite is stated; the verse provides pilgrimage geography—where the Sarasvatī is especially accessible.