Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
एक एव श्रुतोऽस्माभिः प्रभासस्तीर्थवासितः । प्रभासाः पंच देवेश यत्त्वया परिकीर्तिताः
eka eva śruto'smābhiḥ prabhāsastīrthavāsitaḥ | prabhāsāḥ paṃca deveśa yattvayā parikīrtitāḥ
Wir haben nur von einem einzigen Prabhāsa gehört, berühmt als Tīrtha; doch du, o Herr der Götter, hast fünf „Prabhāsas“ verkündet.
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (and ‘Prabhāsāḥ pañca’)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva, addressed as Deveśa)
Scene: Devī gestures toward a single luminous Prabhāsa on the horizon while five smaller lights appear around it, symbolizing the proclaimed fivefold division; Śiva listens, poised to narrate the origin.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha traditions often contain layered geographies—one famed name may encompass multiple sacred loci.
Prabhāsa tīrtha, with emphasis on its fivefold manifestation (Prabhāsa-pañcaka).
None; it clarifies the scope of the tīrtha designation and prompts explanation.