Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
प्रभासक्षेत्रमास्थाय भित्त्वाऽविर्भावमास्थितम् । वज्रेण रुंधिते देवि भित्त्वा चैव वसुंधराम्
prabhāsakṣetramāsthāya bhittvā'virbhāvamāsthitam | vajreṇa ruṃdhite devi bhittvā caiva vasuṃdharām
প্ৰভাসক্ষেত্ৰত আশ্ৰয় লৈ ই ভেদ কৰি প্ৰকাশিত হ’ল। হে দেবী, বজ্ৰে ৰুদ্ধ হ’লেও ই পুনৰ ভেদ কৰি পৃথিৱীকো চিৰি বাহিৰলৈ ওলাই আহিল।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra prādurbhāva-sthāna (manifestation point of the liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: At Prabhāsa, the liṅga breaks through restraint and splits the earth, manifesting openly; the ground cracks with light pouring out, forming a revealed liṅga.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctity is presented as divinely self-revealing—no worldly force can permanently obstruct dharma and divine manifestation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Mahāprabhāsa manifestation episode.
None directly; the verse establishes the site’s authority through a miraculous emergence.