Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
ततोऽहं क्षुधयाविष्टः प्रभासं क्षेत्रमास्थितः । अथापश्यं सरः शुभ्रं हरिणीमूलसंस्थितम्
tato'haṃ kṣudhayāviṣṭaḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsthitaḥ | athāpaśyaṃ saraḥ śubhraṃ hariṇīmūlasaṃsthitam
Alors, tourmenté par la faim, je vins demeurer dans le kṣetra sacré de Prabhāsa. Là, j’aperçus un lac éclatant, situé près de la racine où se tenait une biche.
King (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (lake within it; later named)
Type: kund
Listener: Dvijas
Scene: A hungry traveler with his wife enters Prabhāsa’s sacred terrain; amid dry surroundings a luminous lake appears near a tree-root or thicket associated with a doe; the water surface shines.
FAQs
In distress, turning toward a tīrtha becomes a doorway to purification and divine support.
Prabhāsakṣetra, with a particular sacred lake introduced as part of the holy landscape.
Not yet explicit; the verse sets up the sacred water context that culminates in bathing and offerings.