Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67
अस्य तुष्टो भवो देवो ज्ञातं तीर्थस्य कारणम् । आदिष्टया मया वाच्यं भवेज्जन्मनि कारणम्
asya tuṣṭo bhavo devo jñātaṃ tīrthasya kāraṇam | ādiṣṭayā mayā vācyaṃ bhavejjanmani kāraṇam
Bhava, le Seigneur, satisfait de lui, fit connaître la cause de ce tīrtha. Et, selon l’ordre qui m’a été donné, je dois dire la cause de cette naissance.
Mṛgī (doe-woman / Mṛgalocanā)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A devotee/narrator recounts how Bhava (Śiva) became pleased and disclosed the hidden cause of the tīrtha; the moment is framed as a solemn revelation, with the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa in the background.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is rooted in divine revelation, and speaking truth as instructed is itself an act of dharma.
The tīrtha associated with Vastrāpathakṣetra (within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), whose origin-cause is about to be explained.
No explicit rite; the verse highlights revelation of tīrtha origin and the duty to narrate it faithfully.