Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि क्षेत्रं वस्त्रापथं पुनः । यत्प्रभासस्य सर्वस्वं क्षेत्रं नाभिः प्रियं मम
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ punaḥ | yatprabhāsasya sarvasvaṃ kṣetraṃ nābhiḥ priyaṃ mama
ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: “তেতিয়া, হে মহাদেৱী, পুনৰ বস্ৰাপথ নামৰ পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰলৈ যোৱা উচিত—যি প্ৰভাসৰ সৰ্বস্ব, তাৰ হৃদয়, আৰু মোৰ নাভিৰ দৰে অতি প্ৰিয়।”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) addresses Devī with a guiding gesture toward a luminous map-like vision of Prabhāsa, with Vastrāpatha glowing at the center like a navel-lotus.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as moving toward the spiritual ‘center’—a kṣetra especially beloved to Śiva and therefore supremely meritorious.
Vastrāpatha Kṣetra, presented as the core sanctuary within the broader Prabhāsa region.
A direct instruction to go (gacchet) on pilgrimage to Vastrāpatha Kṣetra.