Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
आदिनाथेन शर्वेण सर्वप्राणिहिताय वै । आद्यतत्त्वान्यथानीय क्षेत्रमेतन्महाप्रभम् । प्रभासितं महादेवि यत्र सिद्ध्यंति मानवाः
ādināthena śarveṇa sarvaprāṇihitāya vai | ādyatattvānyathānīya kṣetrametanmahāprabham | prabhāsitaṃ mahādevi yatra siddhyaṃti mānavāḥ
يا مَهَادِيفِي، إن شَرْفَا (شِيفا) السيدَ الأول، لأجل خير جميع الكائنات الحيّة، جلب إلى هنا المبادئَ الأولى وجعل هذا الحقلَ المقدّسَ بالغَ الإشراق يتلألأ باسم «برابهاسا»، حيث ينال البشرُ السِدّهي.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (the ‘shining forth’ kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)
Scene: Śiva as Ādinātha/Śarva establishes Prabhāsa: cosmic tattvas depicted as subtle elements (pañca-bhūtas, guṇas, or luminous principles) descending into the kṣetra; the land begins to shine; humans attain siddhi in the background.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is presented as a divinely established, luminous kṣetra where sincere seekers can attain siddhi through the grace of Śiva.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa Tīrtha), praised as a supremely radiant sacred field connected with Śiva.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the kṣetra’s divinely conferred power to grant spiritual accomplishment.