Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
सूर्यस्य तेजसो देवि मध्यभागं हि तत्स्मृतम् । सर्वं हेममयं देवि नापुण्यस्तत्र वीक्षते
sūryasya tejaso devi madhyabhāgaṃ hi tatsmṛtam | sarvaṃ hemamayaṃ devi nāpuṇyastatra vīkṣate
হে দেবী, সেই স্থান সূর্যের তেজের মধ্যভাগ বলে স্মৃত। সেখানে সবই যেন স্বর্ণময়; হে দেবী, সেখানে কোনো অমঙ্গল দেখা যায় না।
Skanda (deduced, Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Sūryakṣetra (tejas-madhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A radiant solar field at the coast, shimmering like gold; pilgrims and sages perceive a landscape suffused with Sūrya’s central tejas, with no shadow of inauspiciousness.
FAQs
A truly sanctified kṣetra is described as free from inauspiciousness, shining with divine purity like the Sun’s own radiance.
Arkasthala within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, praised as a Sun-associated sacred zone.
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it primarily proclaims the site’s inherent purity and auspiciousness.