Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121
जन्मप्रभृति यो देवि श्रवणाभ्यां विवर्जितः । प्रभासे निधनं प्राप्तः स भवेन्मत्परिग्रहः
janmaprabhṛti yo devi śravaṇābhyāṃ vivarjitaḥ | prabhāse nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ sa bhavenmatparigrahaḥ
Ô Devī, celui qui, dès la naissance, est privé d’ouïe—s’il rencontre la mort à Prabhāsa—est reçu dans mon propre giron, sous ma garde personnelle.
Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A deaf-from-birth devotee at Prabhāsa; though unable to hear hymns, he worships through sight and gesture; at death, Śiva’s attendants receive him as ‘mine’—a scene of belonging and protection.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is portrayed as a place of direct divine acceptance: Śiva personally ‘takes’ the devotee (or resident) who dies there.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakhaṇḍa.
No ritual instruction; it is a promise of Śiva’s protection connected to the place of death.