Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
विग्रहो विग्रहाणां यो गतिर्गतिमतामपि । स कथं द्वारकां हित्वा प्रभासक्षेत्रमाश्रितः
vigraho vigrahāṇāṃ yo gatirgatimatāmapi | sa kathaṃ dvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ
هو الذي هو المثالُ الأعلى لكل الأجساد المتجسّدة، وهو الغايةُ القصوى حتى لمن بلغوا أرفع السبل؛ فكيف له أن يترك دوارَكا ويأوي إلى الحقل المقدّس برابهاسا؟
Pārvatī (implied from the surrounding dialogue; Śiva responds beginning in the next verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (in relation to Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara (as respondent)
Scene: A questioning devotional scene: a goddess (Pārvatī) or divine interlocutor gestures between two horizons—Dvārakā’s golden city and Prabhāsa’s sacred coastal field—while the unseen Supreme is implied as the ‘goal of the realized’.
FAQs
Even the highest divine presence chooses to manifest in specific sacred places, teaching that tīrthas like Prabhāsa carry unique, revelatory power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), contrasted with Dvārakā to highlight Prabhāsa’s distinctive sanctity.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a theological question that leads into Prabhāsa’s māhātmya.