Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
तेन प्रभासमित्युक्तमादिकल्पे वरानने । द्वितीये तु प्रभा लब्धा सर्वैर्देवैः सवासवैः
tena prabhāsamityuktamādikalpe varānane | dvitīye tu prabhā labdhā sarvairdevaiḥ savāsavaiḥ
Karena itu, wahai yang berwajah elok, pada zaman purba (Ādi-kalpa) tempat ini disebut ‘Prabhāsa’. Pada zaman kedua, semua dewa bersama Indra (para Vāsava) memperoleh sinar kemuliaan di sini.
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varānanā/Devī (addressed as ‘O fair-faced one’)
Scene: A luminous coastal kṣetra where the assembled devas, with Indra and the Vāsavas, regain a lost brilliance; the land itself seems to glow as if dawn has settled on earth.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s very name encodes its power: Prabhāsa is a source of ‘prabhā’—spiritual brilliance—capable of uplifting even the devas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose name is linked to primordial and subsequent cosmic ages (kalpas).
No direct prescription; it provides sacred etymology and mythic justification for the kṣetra’s glory.