Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
पुरा कृष्णो महातेजा यदा प्रभासमागतः । सहितो यादवैः सर्वैः षट्पञ्चाशतिकोटिभिः
purā kṛṣṇo mahātejā yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | sahito yādavaiḥ sarvaiḥ ṣaṭpañcāśatikoṭibhiḥ
Autrefois, lorsque Kṛṣṇa, d’un éclat souverain, parvint à Prabhāsa, il était accompagné de tous les Yādava, au nombre de cinquante-six crores.
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating the origin story)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A vast procession of Yādavas with banners and chariots approaching the coastal Prabhāsa kṣetra; Kṛṣṇa radiant at the center, conch and discus motifs, sea and temple silhouettes; the enormity suggested by layered ranks rather than literal counting.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is anchored in divine history—Kṛṣṇa’s presence sanctifies Prabhāsa and frames the site’s significance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, as the stage for the forthcoming Gopyāditya origin narrative.
None directly; it begins the narrative context for the tīrtha’s origin.