Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
स्वयंभूतां धरामध्यादानीतां विष्णुना पुरा । यादवानां तु मुक्त्यर्थं सर्वपापोपशान्तये
svayaṃbhūtāṃ dharāmadhyādānītāṃ viṣṇunā purā | yādavānāṃ tu muktyarthaṃ sarvapāpopaśāntaye
তাই স্বয়ম্ভূ; পূৰ্বে বিষ্ণুৱে ধৰণীৰ মধ্যভাগৰ পৰা তাক আনি যাদৱসকলৰ মুক্তিৰ বাবে আৰু সকলো পাপ শান্ত কৰিবলৈ স্থাপন কৰিছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued from Adhyāya 229 opening)
Tirtha: Svayaṃbhū Gaṅgā-tīrtha at Prabhāsa
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Viṣṇu draws forth a luminous, self-manifest Gaṅgā from the earth’s center; the river rises like a silver ribbon, while Yādavas and sages witness, and the land becomes sanctified.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not merely water—it is a divine descent meant for mokṣa and the removal of sin.
Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) as a sacred presence within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No direct rite is stated here; it provides the origin-and-purpose (māhātmya) for approaching the tīrtha.