Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
प्राची सरस्वती चैव अन्यत्रैव तु दुर्लभा । विशेषेण कुरुक्षेत्रे प्रभासे पुष्करे तथा
prācī sarasvatī caiva anyatraiva tu durlabhā | viśeṣeṇa kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā
પ્રાચી સરસ્વતી અન્યત્ર દુર્લભ છે; વિશેષ કરીને કુરુક્ષેત્ર, પ્રભાસ અને પુષ્કરમાં તે પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī (manifest at Kurukṣetra–Prabhāsa–Puṣkara)
Type: river
Scene: A stylized pilgrimage map: three vignettes—Kurukṣetra plains with tīrtha tanks, Prabhāsa coastal shrine with river meeting the sea, and Puṣkara lake with Brahmā temple—connected by a flowing ribbon labeled Prācī Sarasvatī.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas form a sacred map where divine presence (like Sarasvatī) is specially accessible.
Prabhāsa is explicitly named, alongside Kurukṣetra and Puṣkara, as a key Sarasvatī-associated tīrtha.
No direct rite is stated; the verse provides pilgrimage geography—where the Sarasvatī is especially accessible.