Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
भरद्वाजो मरीचिश्च मुनिश्चोद्दालकस्तथा । क्रतुश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च कश्यपो भृगुरेव च
bharadvājo marīciśca muniścoddālakastathā | kratuścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca kaśyapo bhṛgureva ca
Bharadvāja, Marīci und der Weise Uddālaka; Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa und auch Bhṛgu—(all diese großen ṛṣi sind dort zugegen).
Śiva (deduced from continuity with 'devi/varānane' address in the passage)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī and/or sages in frame
Scene: A sacred assembly at Prabhāsa: Bharadvāja, Marīci, Uddālaka, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Bhṛgu seated in a semicircle near a Śiva shrine, with palm-leaf manuscripts, fire-altars, and coastal light.
FAQs
A kṣetra’s greatness is shown by the constant presence of realized ṛṣis who choose it as their seat of sādhana.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, implicitly praised as the gathering-place of eminent Vedic seers.
No specific rite is stated here; the verse supports the māhātmya by naming sages who dwell there for spiritual practice.