Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
आदित्यादिश्च यो दिव्यो यश्च दैत्यांतको विभुः । स कथं देवकीसूनुः प्रभासे सिद्धिमीयिवान्
ādityādiśca yo divyo yaśca daityāṃtako vibhuḥ | sa kathaṃ devakīsūnuḥ prabhāse siddhimīyivān
આદિત્ય સમાન અગ્રણી એવા દિવ્ય અને દૈત્યાંતક સર્વશક્તિમાન વિભુ—એ જ પ્રભુ દેવકીના પુત્રરૂપે પ્રભાસે ‘સિદ્ધિ’ કેવી રીતે પામ્યા?
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A questioning sage gestures toward a radiant Kṛṣṇa: sun-like brilliance around His head, yet the Prabhāsa seashore and the shadow of impending departure loom; distant Yādavas appear as a fading procession.
FAQs
The Lord’s earthly ‘ending’ is a divine līlā that sanctifies place and time, not a limitation of His power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly named as the place where Devakī’s son attains siddhi.
None; it is a theological question framing Prabhāsa’s sanctity.