Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
अथ द्वितीये संप्राप्ते परार्द्धे चैव वेधसः । तस्य त्रिंशत्तिमे कल्पे पितृ कल्पेति विश्रुते
atha dvitīye saṃprāpte parārddhe caiva vedhasaḥ | tasya triṃśattime kalpe pitṛ kalpeti viśrute
Puis, lorsque survint le second parārdha de Brahmā (Vedhas), en son trentième kalpa—célèbre sous le nom de Pitṛ-kalpa—tels sont énoncés ces décomptes du temps.
Śiva (Maheśvara) speaking to Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A purāṇic narrator evokes the second parārdha of Brahmā and the thirtieth ‘Pitṛ-kalpa’, with cosmic diagrams—lotus-born Brahmā, revolving yugas, and a faint map-like silhouette of Prabhāsa as an eternal anchor.
FAQs
Sacred teaching frames pilgrimage faith within immense cosmic time, emphasizing the timeless authority of dharma and the Lord beyond epochs.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the Māhātmya’s cosmological narration magnifies the site’s Śaiva sanctity.
None in this verse.