Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
एवमुक्ते तदा देवाः प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः । तत्र ते विबुधा जग्मुर्यत्र तप्तोदकाधिपः
evamukte tadā devāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ | tatra te vibudhā jagmuryatra taptodakādhipaḥ
Setelah demikian diucapkan, para dewa datang ke kṣetra suci Prabhāsa. Di sana para makhluk bijak itu pergi ke tempat bersemayamnya Penguasa Taptodaka.
Narrator (continuing the account after Rudra’s instruction)
Tirtha: Taptodaka (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Scene: A procession of devas arrives at the luminous coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa and proceeds toward a sanctified hot-water tīrtha (Taptodaka), where a presiding lord is envisioned enthroned near steaming waters.
FAQs
Right action in crisis includes turning toward sanctified space and its presiding divinity—pilgrimage becomes a dharmic movement toward restoration.
Prabhāsakṣetra and the Taptodaka site (Taptodakādhipa/Taptodaka Kuṇḍa) within its sacred landscape.
The text depicts pilgrimage/approach to the tirtha; no explicit rite is described in this verse.