Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अथासौ भयमापन्नो ज्ञात्वा वस्त्रविडंबनम् । देशांतरं प्रस्थितोऽसौ स्वकुटुम्बसमावृतः
athāsau bhayamāpanno jñātvā vastraviḍaṃbanam | deśāṃtaraṃ prasthito'sau svakuṭumbasamāvṛtaḥ
Alors, saisi de peur en comprenant la ruine des vêtements, il se mit en route vers un autre pays, entouré de sa propre famille.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame-setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages / or a king addressed as 'rājan' within the episode
Scene: A household hastily preparing to depart: bundles, torn/ruined garments as the trigger of shame and fear; the man leads his family toward a distant road, faces anxious, dusk light suggesting uncertainty.
FAQs
Life’s reversals can become the doorway to sacred journeys; adversity often redirects one toward purifying encounters with tīrthas.
Śukla Tīrtha, as the narrative moves toward the circumstances that reveal its sanctity.
No explicit ritual; the verse describes the motivating event leading to travel and eventual tīrtha encounter.