Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
पञ्चप्रभासरूपेण भित्त्वा तत्र वसुन्धराम् । येन मार्गेण निष्क्रान्तं तन्मार्गे च महन्महः
pañcaprabhāsarūpeṇa bhittvā tatra vasundharām | yena mārgeṇa niṣkrāntaṃ tanmārge ca mahanmahaḥ
In der Gestalt der Fünf Prabhāsas spaltete es dort die Erde. Und auf eben dem Pfad, auf dem es hervortrat, blieb ein großes Leuchten fest gegründet.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pañca-Prabhāsa / Mahāmahas-mārga (luminous path)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: A blazing fivefold radiance pierces the ground at Prabhāsa, splitting the earth; from the fissure emerges light, and a shining track remains like a permanent luminous corridor.
FAQs
A holy place is sanctified by the tangible “trace” of divine presence—here, the path of Śiva’s radiance becomes sacred geography.
Prabhāsakṣetra, especially the locale identified with Pañcaprabhāsa and the emergence-path of the tejas.
None explicit; it provides the mythic-etymological basis for later worship at the spot.