Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
चतुर्मुख इवाभाति हरितालवपुः क्वचित् । क्वचित्सप्तच्छदैर्विष्णोर्वपुषा भात्ययं गिरिः
caturmukha ivābhāti haritālavapuḥ kvacit | kvacitsaptacchadairviṣṇorvapuṣā bhātyayaṃ giriḥ
কিছুমান ঠাইত হৰিতাল ৰঙে ৰঞ্জিত দেহে এই পৰ্বত চতুৰ্মুখ (ব্ৰহ্মা)ৰ দৰে দেখা যায়; আৰু কিছুমান ঠাইত সপ্তচ্ছদ গছৰ সৈতে এই গিৰি বিষ্ণুৰ দেহসম দীপ্তিত উজ্জ্বল হয়।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sacred mountain)
Type: peak
Scene: A mountain face gleams yellow-green like haritāla pigment, suggesting Brahmā’s four-faced presence; nearby stands a grove of saptacchada trees, their layered leaves forming a Viṣṇu-like aura over the slope.
FAQs
In a mahā-kṣetra, the devotee perceives the One sacred reality through many divine forms, including Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s mountain is glorified as a landscape that evokes divine darśana through its colors and trees.
No ritual is mentioned; the focus is contemplative recognition of the kṣetra’s divinity.