Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ऋषय ऊचुः । क्षयं यदुकुले याते भारे चोपहृते भुवः । प्रभासे यादवश्रेष्ठः स्वस्थानमगमद्धरिः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kṣayaṃ yadukule yāte bhāre copahṛte bhuvaḥ | prabhāse yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ svasthānamagamaddhariḥ
Die Weisen sprachen: Als das Geschlecht der Yadu seinem Untergang entgegenging und die Last der Erde hinweggenommen war, ging Hari—der Beste unter den Yādavas—zu Prabhāsa in Seine eigene göttliche Wohnstatt ein.
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Prahlāda
Scene: Somber coastal Prabhāsa: sages narrate the fall of the Yādavas; a distant vision of Hari departing toward a radiant path (svadhāma), while the earth’s burden symbolically lifts—darkness giving way to calm light.
FAQs
Bhagavān’s līlā concludes after restoring cosmic balance; His ‘departure’ signifies return to the transcendent abode.
Prabhāsa is explicitly named as the sacred locale connected with Hari’s concluding līlā.
No ritual is stated in this verse; it provides sacred-historical context for Prabhāsa’s sanctity.