Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
यानि चान्यानि स्थानानि पुण्यानि मम भूतले । प्रयागं पुरतः कृत्वा प्रभासे निवसंति च
yāni cānyāni sthānāni puṇyāni mama bhūtale | prayāgaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā prabhāse nivasaṃti ca
Whatever other holy places exist upon my earth—placing Prayāga at their head—they too abide in Prabhāsa.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (as sarva-tīrtha-nivāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic map visualized over Prabhāsa: miniature icons of famous tīrthas (Prayāga confluence, Gaṅgā, Himālaya peaks, sacred rivers) appear as subtle emanations converging into the Prabhāsa shoreline and Somnātha temple, as if all holy places are seated there.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is praised as a ‘tīrtha-synthesis’—a place where the sanctity of many pilgrimage centers is gathered.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly compared with and said to encompass the holiness of Prayāga and other tīrthas.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse functions as an encouragement to pilgrimage to Prabhāsa by asserting concentrated merit.
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