Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
तासां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दुःखार्तानां प्रजापतिः । ब्रह्मतेजः समायुक्तः पुत्रीस्नेहेन कर्षितः । जगाम यत्र ऋक्षेशो वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā duḥkhārtānāṃ prajāpatiḥ | brahmatejaḥ samāyuktaḥ putrīsnehena karṣitaḥ | jagāma yatra ṛkṣeśo vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Als Prajāpati (Dakṣa) die Worte seiner Töchter hörte, die von Kummer gequält waren, ging er—von brahmanischem Glanz erfüllt und durch die Liebe zu den Töchtern bewegt—dorthin, wo der Herr der Sterne weilte, und sprach diese Worte.
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa, radiant with brahmanic splendor, listens to his daughters’ lament and then proceeds toward Soma (lord of stars), his face a blend of sorrow and resolve; the sky is studded with nakṣatras as if guiding him.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld by responsible authority: elders correct wrongdoing with spiritual power guided by compassion.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the narrative setting of the māhātmya, where cosmic events are recounted to magnify the tīrtha’s sanctity.
No direct ritual; the verse frames a dharmic intervention (śāsana) by Prajāpati.