Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अथ तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरावृत्त महं प्रिये । संहृत्य यादवान्सर्वान्वासुदेवः प्रतापवान्
atha tasya pravakṣyāmi purāvṛtta mahaṃ priye | saṃhṛtya yādavānsarvānvāsudevaḥ pratāpavān
Nun, o Geliebte, will ich dir jene alte Begebenheit berichten: wie der machtvolle Vāsudeva, nachdem er alle Yādavas ihrem Ende zugeführt hatte, (daraufhin weiter fortschritt).
Unspecified in snippet; a narrator addressing 'priye' (dear one), introducing the purā-vṛtta of Vāsudeva at Prabhāsa.
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: priye (beloved interlocutor; likely a goddess/consort or close disciple depending on recension context)
Scene: A narrator addresses a beloved listener, beginning the ancient tale; in the background, the Yādava camp at Prabhāsa foreshadows impending dissolution, while Vāsudeva stands radiant yet grave.
FAQs
Sacred places are not only for rites but also preserve decisive divine histories that reveal dharma and cosmic order.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the narrative of Vāsudeva’s final acts is situated.
No direct rite here; it transitions from ritual merits to the sacred historical narrative (purāvṛtta).