Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
देहावतारान्वक्ष्यामि प्रारंभात्प्रथमान्प्रिये । पञ्चमः पंचदश्यां स त्रेतायां तु बभूव ह
dehāvatārānvakṣyāmi prāraṃbhātprathamānpriye | pañcamaḥ paṃcadaśyāṃ sa tretāyāṃ tu babhūva ha
Bien-aimée, je décrirai les descentes incarnées (avatāra) depuis l’origine, les toutes premières. La cinquième advint au quinzième rang, et elle eut lieu, en vérité, dans l’âge de Tretā.
Unspecified (narrator introducing a list of Viṣṇu’s human/embodied avatāras)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A sequential frieze of Viṣṇu’s embodied descents begins to appear like panels on a temple wall; the narrator indicates ‘from the beginning,’ while Devī listens. A highlighted marker notes ‘the fifth’ and ‘in Tretā,’ suggesting a counted series.
FAQs
Avatāras are presented as purposeful interventions in history, restoring dharma in specific yugas.
The larger discourse is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; this verse is about avatāra enumeration rather than a single tīrtha.
None; the verse introduces a doctrinal-historical list.