Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
तत्र देवो लयं याति हरिर्जन्मनिजन्मनि । स वासुदेवः सूक्ष्मात्मा परात्परतरे स्थितः
tatra devo layaṃ yāti harirjanmanijanmani | sa vāsudevaḥ sūkṣmātmā parātparatare sthitaḥ
Dort geht Hari — der Herr — immer wieder in den laya, die Auflösung, ein, Geburt um Geburt. Jener Vāsudeva, von feinstofflicher Natur, weilt im Zustand jenseits selbst des Jenseits.
Śiva (deduced from Śiva–Pārvatī address in surrounding verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as laya-smṛti-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A mystical Prabhāsa landscape at twilight: waves darken, stars emerge; Hari as a subtle luminous presence dissolves into an infinite expanse, suggesting cyclical births and reabsorption; pilgrims watch in awe and silence.
FAQs
The tīrtha is framed as a gateway to ultimate transcendence, where the Lord is contemplated as the subtlest Self beyond all gradations of reality.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a locus of profound metaphysical ‘merging’ (laya) and divine presence.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes contemplation of Vāsudeva’s transcendent nature associated with the place.