Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि यथा जाता तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे सरस्वती । यतश्चैव समुद्भूता सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi yathā jātā tasminkṣetre sarasvatī | yataścaiva samudbhūtā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī
ঈশ্বর বলিলেন—হে দেবি, শোন; সেই পুণ্যক্ষেত্রে সরস্বতী কিরূপে প্রকাশ পেলেন, এবং কোন উৎস হইতে উদ্ভূত হলেন—যিনি সর্বপাপ বিনাশিনী।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins the authoritative narration: ‘Listen, Devī…’ with Sarasvatī envisioned as a radiant river-goddess whose waters wash away darkness and sin in the Prabhāsa landscape.
FAQs
Sacred rivers and kṣetras are portrayed as instruments of purification; hearing their origin with faith is part of tīrtha-dharma.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Sarasvatī is being described as manifesting.
No direct prescription here; it is an invitation to śravaṇa (devotional listening) of the tīrtha’s greatness.