Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ततो दृष्ट्वा तु तत्क्षेत्रं पुण्यं ह्यृषिनिषेवितम् । सर्वत्र व्यापितं लिंगैराश्रमैश्च तपस्विनाम्
tato dṛṣṭvā tu tatkṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ hyṛṣiniṣevitam | sarvatra vyāpitaṃ liṃgairāśramaiśca tapasvinām
তেতিয়া তাই পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰখন দেখিলে—ঋষিসকলৰ সেবাৰে পুণ্যতাময়—য’ত সৰ্বত্ৰ শিৱলিঙ্গ আৰু তপস্বীসকলৰ আশ্ৰমেৰে পৰিপূৰ্ণ আছিল।
Śiva (deduced from chapter flow; narrative voice within Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-āśrama spread)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Gaṅgā beholds Prabhāsa: a vast holy tract dotted everywhere with countless liṅgas and serene hermitages, sages in meditation, sacrificial fires, and pathways between shrines.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely holy through sustained tapas and the presence of saints, manifesting as a living sacred geography.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a region densely sanctified by liṅgas and ascetic āśramas.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the sanctifying presence of liṅgas and ascetic practice.