Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
चातुर्विद्यस्य यो वेत्ता चातुराश्रम्यसंस्थितः । कस्मात्स द्वारकां हित्वा प्रभासे पंचतां गतः
cāturvidyasya yo vettā cāturāśramyasaṃsthitaḥ | kasmātsa dvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāse paṃcatāṃ gataḥ
مَن كان عارفًا بالعلوم الأربعة، ثابتًا في نظام الآشرمات الأربع—فَلِمَ تركَ دُوَارَكَا، وفي برابهاسا بلغ «حالة الخمسة»، أي الذوبان في العناصر الخمسة؟
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages / interlocutor
Scene: A poignant coastal forest at Prabhāsa: Kṛṣṇa serene, seated in yogic repose, the city of Dvārakā faint in memory behind; the five elements symbolically rise—earth, water, fire, air, ether—while sages and remaining Yādavas appear distant, the sea wind carrying the end of an age.
FAQs
Even the supremely accomplished Lord stages sacred departures to sanctify tīrthas and teach impermanence and transcendence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly named; Dvārakā is referenced as the city left behind.
None in this verse; it is an inquiry into the theological meaning of the Lord’s departure at Prabhāsa.