Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
कल्पभेदेन नामानि तथैव सुरसुन्दरि । निरुक्तभेदैर्बहुधा भिद्यंते कारणैः प्रिये । प्रभासमिति यन्नाम दातव्यं निश्चलं स्मृतम्
kalpabhedena nāmāni tathaiva surasundari | niruktabhedairbahudhā bhidyaṃte kāraṇaiḥ priye | prabhāsamiti yannāma dātavyaṃ niścalaṃ smṛtam
হে সুৰসুন্দৰি, কল্পভেদে নামসমূহো তেনেদৰে পৰিবৰ্তিত হয়। হে প্ৰিয়ে, নিৰুক্তৰ ভিন্ন ভিন্ন ব্যুৎপত্তিৰ বাবে নানা কাৰণত সিহঁত বহুধা বিভক্ত হয়। তথাপি যি নাম অচলভাৱে দিয়া উচিত, সেয়া ‘প্ৰভাস’—ই অচঞ্চল বুলি স্মৃত।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as sura-sundarī/priye)
Scene: A cosmic tableau showing successive kalpas as layered horizons, while the word ‘Prabhāsa’ remains luminous and unchanged above the enduring coastline/temple.
FAQs
Traditions may explain sanctity in many ways, but the tīrtha’s essential identity remains stable and worthy of faithful remembrance.
Prabhāsa—affirmed as the fixed and authoritative name of the kṣetra/tīrtha.
A naming injunction is implied: the kṣetra should consistently be designated as ‘Prabhāsa’.