Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
कथमर्कस्थलो भूतः प्रभासक्षेत्रभूषणः । पूजनीयो महादेवः सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः
kathamarkasthalo bhūtaḥ prabhāsakṣetrabhūṣaṇaḥ | pūjanīyo mahādevaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ
মহাদেৱ কেনেকৈ ‘অৰ্কস্থল’—প্ৰভাসক্ষেত্ৰৰ ভূষণ—হ’ল? আৰু যিসকলে বিধিপূৰ্বক তীৰ্থযাত্ৰাৰ সত্য ফল কামনা কৰে, তেওঁলোকৰ বাবে তেওঁ কিয় পূজনীয়?
Devī (Pārvatī) to Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Arkasthala (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādeva
Scene: Devī asks how Mahādeva became Arkasthala, the jewel of Prabhāsa, and why pilgrims must worship him for complete yātrā-fruit; imagery blends Śiva-linga with a radiant solar disc and coastal sacred landscape.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears its full fruit when joined with devotion and proper worship of Śiva at the sanctified site.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with focus on Arkasthala as a revered spot within that sacred field.
Worship (pūjā) of Mahādeva by pilgrims seeking the complete merit of yātrā.