Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
कथयामि समासेन तदुत्पत्तिं शृणु प्रिये । जरासंधभयाद्देवि विष्णुः परिजनैः सह
kathayāmi samāsena tadutpattiṃ śṛṇu priye | jarāsaṃdhabhayāddevi viṣṇuḥ parijanaiḥ saha
মই সংক্ষেপে তাৰ উৎপত্তি ক’ম—হে প্ৰিয়ে, শুনা। হে দেৱী, জরাসন্ধৰ ভয়ত বিষ্ণু নিজৰ পৰিজনসকলৰ সৈতে…
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A narrator addresses Devī intimately, beginning an origin-story: Viṣṇu, with attendants, prepares to move due to Jarāsandha’s threat; the mood is protective and purposeful, with a sense of impending journey.
FAQs
Tīrtha-glories are woven into sacred history: divine movements in response to dharmic crises become the seeds of holy places.
Saṃnihitā tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose origin story is about to be narrated.
None in this verse; it introduces an origin narrative (utpatti-kathā).