Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
चतुर्मुख इवाभाति हरितालवपुः क्वचित् । क्वचित्सप्तच्छदैर्विष्णोर्वपुषा भात्ययं गिरिः
caturmukha ivābhāti haritālavapuḥ kvacit | kvacitsaptacchadairviṣṇorvapuṣā bhātyayaṃ giriḥ
في مواضعَ منه، إذ يكتسي جسدُه بلونِ الهريتالا، يبدو كذي الوجوه الأربعة (براهما)؛ وفي مواضعَ أخرى، مع أشجارِ السابتاتشادها، يشرقُ هذا الجبلُ بهيئةٍ تشبهُ فيشنو.
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sacred mountain)
Type: peak
Scene: A mountain face gleams yellow-green like haritāla pigment, suggesting Brahmā’s four-faced presence; nearby stands a grove of saptacchada trees, their layered leaves forming a Viṣṇu-like aura over the slope.
FAQs
In a mahā-kṣetra, the devotee perceives the One sacred reality through many divine forms, including Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s mountain is glorified as a landscape that evokes divine darśana through its colors and trees.
No ritual is mentioned; the focus is contemplative recognition of the kṣetra’s divinity.