Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
कल्पभेदेन नामानि तथैव सुरसुन्दरि । निरुक्तभेदैर्बहुधा भिद्यंते कारणैः प्रिये । प्रभासमिति यन्नाम दातव्यं निश्चलं स्मृतम्
kalpabhedena nāmāni tathaiva surasundari | niruktabhedairbahudhā bhidyaṃte kāraṇaiḥ priye | prabhāsamiti yannāma dātavyaṃ niścalaṃ smṛtam
হে সুরসুন্দরী, কল্পভেদে নামও তদ্রূপ পরিবর্তিত হয়; আর হে প্রিয়ে, নানা নিরুক্ত-ভেদের কারণে বহু রীতিতে নামের ভেদ ঘটে। তথাপি যে নাম অচলভাবে প্রদানীয়, তা ‘প্রভাস’—এমনই স্মৃত।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as sura-sundarī/priye)
Scene: A cosmic tableau showing successive kalpas as layered horizons, while the word ‘Prabhāsa’ remains luminous and unchanged above the enduring coastline/temple.
FAQs
Traditions may explain sanctity in many ways, but the tīrtha’s essential identity remains stable and worthy of faithful remembrance.
Prabhāsa—affirmed as the fixed and authoritative name of the kṣetra/tīrtha.
A naming injunction is implied: the kṣetra should consistently be designated as ‘Prabhāsa’.