Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अद्यापि संशयो नाथ तीर्थमाहात्म्यसंभवः । अन्यत्कौतूहलं देव कथयस्व महेश्वर
adyāpi saṃśayo nātha tīrthamāhātmyasaṃbhavaḥ | anyatkautūhalaṃ deva kathayasva maheśvara
હે નાથ, તીર્થમાહાત્મ્યના પ્રસંગથી ઉત્પન્ન થયેલો મારો સંશય હજી પણ દૂર થયો નથી. અને એક બીજું કૌતૂહલ છે, હે દેવ—કૃપા કરીને કહો, હે મહેશ્વર।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A devotee (Mahādevī/Umā as listener) bows with folded hands, voicing doubt and curiosity before Maheśvara seated in calm majesty, beginning a sacred discourse set against the coastal sanctity of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Doubt is not condemned; it is refined through respectful questioning, leading to clearer understanding of dharma and tīrtha-meaning.
The immediate frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though the verse also gestures to tīrthas in general as a doctrinal theme.
None explicitly; the ‘prescription’ is pedagogical—ask, clarify, and then practice with conviction.