Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे प्रभास इति चोच्यते । वृद्धप्रभासश्च ततो दक्षिणे नातिदूरतः
tasyaiva paścime bhāge prabhāsa iti cocyate | vṛddhaprabhāsaśca tato dakṣiṇe nātidūrataḥ
उसके ही पश्चिम भाग में ‘प्रभास’ नामक स्थान कहा जाता है; और उससे दक्षिण दिशा में अधिक दूर नहीं ‘वृद्ध-प्रभास’ है।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa; Vṛddha-Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A map-like narrative scene: two labeled shrines—‘Prabhāsa’ to the west and ‘Vṛddha-Prabhāsa’ slightly south—connected by a short pilgrim path; pilgrims walk with flags and water-pots along the coast.
FAQs
Sacred travel is guided through precise traditional geography, turning movement through space into devotional practice.
Prabhāsa and Vṛddha-Prabhāsa as constituent sites within the Prabhāsa-Pañcaka.
No specific rite; the verse provides directional guidance for pilgrims.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.