Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
तदाप्रभृति सोमानां लक्षाणां द्वितयं गतम् । सहस्रद्वितयं चैव शतं चैकं षडुत्तरम्
tadāprabhṛti somānāṃ lakṣāṇāṃ dvitayaṃ gatam | sahasradvitayaṃ caiva śataṃ caikaṃ ṣaḍuttaram
«Depuis lors, ô Soma, deux lakhs se sont écoulés—avec deux mille, et cent, plus encore six.»
Brahmā (context: speaking to Soma/Chandra about elapsed time and prior acts)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Soma
Scene: A divine speaker states a precise, awe-inducing count of elapsed time: two lakhs plus two thousand plus one hundred plus six—spoken to Soma—suggesting a ledger of cosmic cycles tied to Prabhāsa worship and liṅga establishments.
FAQs
Sacred acts and consecrations at a tīrtha are remembered across vast spans of time; dharma bears enduring fruit.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the count/measure of elapsed sacred time connected to prior worship.