Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128
सोभिषिक्तो महातेजाः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिस्ततः । त्रींल्लोकान्भावयामास स्वभासा भासतां वरः
sobhiṣikto mahātejāḥ sarvairbrahmarṣibhistataḥ | trīṃllokānbhāvayāmāsa svabhāsā bhāsatāṃ varaḥ
তখন সকল ব্রহ্মর্ষির দ্বারা অভিষিক্ত সেই মহাতেজস্বী, দীপ্তিমানদের শ্রেষ্ঠ, নিজের আলোতেই ত্রিলোককে আলোকিত ও ধারণ করলেন।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Someśvara/Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: All brahmarṣis perform abhiṣeka of the radiant Soma/tejas-bearing figure; streams of sanctified water fall from kalaśas; the figure’s aura expands to illuminate three realms symbolized by earth, mid-sky, and heaven.
FAQs
Consecration and sanctity are not merely personal—they are described as nourishing the whole cosmos through divine radiance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a place whose rites resonate with cosmic significance.
Abhiṣeka (anointing/consecration) performed by brahmarṣis as part of the larger sacrificial-ritual context.