Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
प्रकृष्टं भानुरथवा भासितो विश्वकर्मणा । यत्र साक्षात्प्रभापातो जातः प्राभासिकं ततः
prakṛṣṭaṃ bhānurathavā bhāsito viśvakarmaṇā | yatra sākṣātprabhāpāto jātaḥ prābhāsikaṃ tataḥ
„Oder weil dort die Sonne in überragender Vollkommenheit strahlt, gleichsam von Viśvakarman erleuchtet, und weil dort ein unmittelbares ‚Herabfallen des Glanzes‘ (prabhāpāta) geschah, heißt es daher Prābhāsika.“
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prābhāsika (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: The Sun over Prabhāsa appears unusually resplendent, as if polished by Viśvakarman; a visible cascade of light descends onto the kṣetra like a golden rain.
FAQs
Sacred places are marked by manifest divine signs—here, extraordinary solar radiance and a ‘prabhāpāta’ that sanctifies the kṣetra.
Prābhāsika/Prabhāsa Kṣetra, characterized by exceptional solar brilliance.
No explicit rite is mentioned; the verse provides an etymological and theophanic explanation.