Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
काण्वोऽथ गौतमो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः । जमदग्निस्तथा रामो बकश्चेत्येवमादयः । कृष्णद्वैपायनश्चैव पुत्रशिष्यैः समन्वितः
kāṇvo'tha gautamo dhaumyaḥ śatānando'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jamadagnistathā rāmo bakaścetyevamādayaḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaścaiva putraśiṣyaiḥ samanvitaḥ
Puis se trouvaient Kāṇva, Gautama, Dhaumya, Śatānanda et Akṛtavraṇa ; de même Jamadagni, Rāma et Baka—ainsi que d’autres sages. Et Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) vint aussi, entouré de ses fils et de ses disciples.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of venerable sages—Kāṇva, Gautama, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, Jamadagni, Rāma, Baka—arrive at luminous Prabhāsa; Vyāsa appears with his sons and disciples, forming a dense ascetic assembly near the sacred shore/temple precinct.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is depicted as a dharmic hub where guru–śiṣya lineages gather, reinforcing the tīrtha’s authority and living tradition.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as a meeting ground of many ṛṣis including Vyāsa.
No explicit prescription; the focus is on the tīrtha’s sanctity established by sages and their lineages.