Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
एवं जानाति यः कश्चित्स तीर्थफलमश्नुते । स्वर्गनिःश्रेणिसंभूता प्रभासे तु सरस्वती
evaṃ jānāti yaḥ kaścitsa tīrthaphalamaśnute | svarganiḥśreṇisaṃbhūtā prabhāse tu sarasvatī
Wer dies auf solche Weise erkennt, erlangt wahrhaft die Frucht des heiligen Tīrtha. Denn hier in Prabhāsa heißt es, Sarasvatī sei als eine „Treppe“ erschienen, die zum Himmel führt.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Sarasvatī-tīrtha (Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa rises as a radiant, stepped pathway of light from the shore toward the heavens; pilgrims stand in reverence, hands folded, as the river-goddess becomes a luminous staircase.
FAQs
Right understanding and reverent knowledge of a tīrtha’s greatness itself becomes a means to gain its merit.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, highlighting Sarasvatī’s presence/manifestation there.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes knowing/recognizing the tīrtha’s divine status.