Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
अस्माकं वंशजो देवं प्रस्थितस्तारणाय नः । गत्वा सोमेश्वरं देवि कुर्याद्वपनमादितः
asmākaṃ vaṃśajo devaṃ prasthitastāraṇāya naḥ | gatvā someśvaraṃ devi kuryādvapanamāditaḥ
‘আমাদের বংশের এই সন্তান আমাদের তরণার্থে দেবের কাছে যাত্রা করেছে।’ হে দেবী! সোমেশ্বরে গিয়ে সে প্রথমেই বপন (মুণ্ডন) করুক।
Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; addressing 'devi')
Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘O Goddess’)
Scene: A pilgrim, having reached Prabhāsa, undergoes tonsure as the first rite; nearby, subtle ancestral figures appear relieved; then the pilgrim proceeds toward Someśvara’s shrine with offerings.
FAQs
A Prabhāsa pilgrimage is framed as a redemptive act for one’s lineage, begun with bodily discipline and ritual purity.
Someśvara (Śiva) in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Vapana (tonsure/shaving) as the first prescribed act upon reaching Someśvara.