Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
कल्पभेदेन नामानि तथैव सुरसुन्दरि । निरुक्तभेदैर्बहुधा भिद्यंते कारणैः प्रिये । प्रभासमिति यन्नाम दातव्यं निश्चलं स्मृतम्
kalpabhedena nāmāni tathaiva surasundari | niruktabhedairbahudhā bhidyaṃte kāraṇaiḥ priye | prabhāsamiti yannāma dātavyaṃ niścalaṃ smṛtam
Wahai jelita para dewa, karena perbedaan kalpa, nama-nama pun berubah. Wahai kekasih, melalui perbedaan nirukta (asal-usul makna), nama-nama itu terpecah dalam banyak cara karena berbagai sebab. Namun nama yang harus diberikan dengan teguh adalah ‘Prabhāsa’; demikianlah ia diingat sebagai yang tak berubah.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as sura-sundarī/priye)
Scene: A cosmic tableau showing successive kalpas as layered horizons, while the word ‘Prabhāsa’ remains luminous and unchanged above the enduring coastline/temple.
FAQs
Traditions may explain sanctity in many ways, but the tīrtha’s essential identity remains stable and worthy of faithful remembrance.
Prabhāsa—affirmed as the fixed and authoritative name of the kṣetra/tīrtha.
A naming injunction is implied: the kṣetra should consistently be designated as ‘Prabhāsa’.