Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
एवं कृत्वा महादेवि लभते जन्मनः फलम् । राजसूयाश्वमेधानां प्राप्नुयात्फलमूर्जितम्
evaṃ kṛtvā mahādevi labhate janmanaḥ phalam | rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ prāpnuyātphalamūrjitam
Ô Grande Déesse, en agissant ainsi, on obtient le véritable fruit de la naissance humaine ; et l’on acquiert un mérite puissant, égal à celui des sacrifices du Rājasūya et de l’Aśvamedha.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogues addressing Devī as 'mahādevi')
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva addresses Pārvatī, proclaiming that the pilgrim’s acts at Prabhāsa grant the fruit of human birth and merit equal to Rājasūya and Aśvamedha; behind them, a luminous tīrtha landscape with shrine and ritual fires symbolically echoing grand yajñas.
FAQs
A single act of prescribed devotion at Prabhāsakṣetra can yield extraordinary puṇya, fulfilling the purpose of human birth.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
The verse refers generally to “doing thus” (evaṃ kṛtvā), i.e., the rite described in the surrounding passage, and states its result as equal to great Vedic sacrifices.