Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108
एवं जानाति यः कश्चित्स तीर्थफलमश्नुते । स्वर्गनिःश्रेणिसंभूता प्रभासे तु सरस्वती
evaṃ jānāti yaḥ kaścitsa tīrthaphalamaśnute | svarganiḥśreṇisaṃbhūtā prabhāse tu sarasvatī
Quiconque le comprend ainsi obtient véritablement le fruit du tīrtha sacré. Car ici, à Prabhāsa, on dit que Sarasvatī est apparue comme une « échelle » menant au ciel.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Sarasvatī-tīrtha (Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa rises as a radiant, stepped pathway of light from the shore toward the heavens; pilgrims stand in reverence, hands folded, as the river-goddess becomes a luminous staircase.
FAQs
Right understanding and reverent knowledge of a tīrtha’s greatness itself becomes a means to gain its merit.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, highlighting Sarasvatī’s presence/manifestation there.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes knowing/recognizing the tīrtha’s divine status.