Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
चतुर्मुख इवाभाति हरितालवपुः क्वचित् । क्वचित्सप्तच्छदैर्विष्णोर्वपुषा भात्ययं गिरिः
caturmukha ivābhāti haritālavapuḥ kvacit | kvacitsaptacchadairviṣṇorvapuṣā bhātyayaṃ giriḥ
কোথাও হরিতাল-রঞ্জিত দেহে এটি চতুর্মুখ (ব্রহ্মা)-সম প্রতীয়মান; আর কোথাও সপ্তচ্ছদ বৃক্ষে এই গিরি বিষ্ণুরূপের মতো দীপ্ত।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sacred mountain)
Type: peak
Scene: A mountain face gleams yellow-green like haritāla pigment, suggesting Brahmā’s four-faced presence; nearby stands a grove of saptacchada trees, their layered leaves forming a Viṣṇu-like aura over the slope.
FAQs
In a mahā-kṣetra, the devotee perceives the One sacred reality through many divine forms, including Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s mountain is glorified as a landscape that evokes divine darśana through its colors and trees.
No ritual is mentioned; the focus is contemplative recognition of the kṣetra’s divinity.