Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
प्रभासे तु महादेवी प्राचीं पापप्रणाशिनीम् । नापुण्यो वेद देवेशि कर्मनिर्मूलनक्षमाम्
prabhāse tu mahādevī prācīṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | nāpuṇyo veda deveśi karmanirmūlanakṣamām
„Doch in Prabhāsa, o Mahādevī, ist Prācī, die Sündenvernichterin. O Herrin der Götter: Wer ohne Verdienst ist, erkennt sie nicht wahrhaft — sie, die die Früchte des Karma an der Wurzel auszureißen vermag.“
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prācī (Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Devī)
Scene: Śiva points toward Prācī flowing through Prabhāsa; the water is depicted as luminous, with withered karmic ‘roots’ (vines/knots) being washed away; a few pilgrims with radiant auras perceive her clearly while others pass unaware, illustrating adhikāra.
FAQs
Sacred places are spiritually effective, yet their depth is grasped fully only by those refined through puṇya and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Prācī tīrtha, praised as a destroyer of sin and uprooter of karmic bondage.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes the tīrtha’s power and the pilgrim’s moral-spiritual qualification (puṇya).