Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
तावद्गर्जंति पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । यावन्न दृश्यते देवी प्रभासस्था सर स्वती
tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | yāvanna dṛśyate devī prabhāsasthā sara svatī
Les péchés—à commencer par le brahma-hatyā et les autres—ne rugissent que tant que l’on ne voit pas (ni n’approche) la Déesse Sarasvatī qui demeure à Prabhāsa.
Aśarīriṇī Vāk (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Sarasvatī-darśana (Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Personified sins (dark, roaring forms) retreat and fall silent as the radiant Goddess Sarasvatī is beheld at Prabhāsa, with the sea-breeze and tīrtha-bank in the background.
FAQs
The vision and approach of a supremely sanctified deity-and-tīrtha dissolve even the loudest, most terrifying burdens of sin.
Sarasvatī dwelling at Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra).
Darśana (seeking the vision/presence) of Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa is presented as the decisive remedy; it implies pilgrimage and tīrtha observances.