Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
के मन्त्राः किं विधानं तद्बाह्मणास्तत्र कीदृशाः । तत्र स्थितानां विप्राणां कथं क्षेत्रफलं भवेत्
ke mantrāḥ kiṃ vidhānaṃ tadbāhmaṇāstatra kīdṛśāḥ | tatra sthitānāṃ viprāṇāṃ kathaṃ kṣetraphalaṃ bhavet
Welche Mantras sind zu verwenden, und wie lautet das vorgeschriebene Verfahren? Welche Art von Brāhmaṇas gibt es dort? Und wie erlangen die dort wohnenden Vipras die heilige Verdienstfrucht des Kṣetra?
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee asks about mantras, ritual procedure, and the nature of brāhmaṇas dwelling in Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the sea-bounded sacred field is implied as the backdrop.
FAQs
Sacred places have defined disciplines—mantra, procedure, and conduct—through which merit is properly realized.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, discussed as a place where mantra, ritual order, and kṣetra-merit are especially significant.
The verse asks about mantras and vidhāna (procedure) and about how kṣetra-phala is obtained, but does not provide the prescriptions yet.