Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101
बाढमित्येव चोक्त्वा स प्रविष्टो निधिमंभसाम् । एवमेषा महादेवि प्रभासे तु सरस्वती । गृहीत्वा वाडवं प्राप्ता तुष्ट्यर्थं च मनीषिणाम्
bāḍhamityeva coktvā sa praviṣṭo nidhimaṃbhasām | evameṣā mahādevi prabhāse tu sarasvatī | gṛhītvā vāḍavaṃ prāptā tuṣṭyarthaṃ ca manīṣiṇām
Sambil berkata, “Demikianlah,” ia pun memasuki perbendaharaan air, yakni samudra. Maka demikian, wahai Mahādevī, di Prabhāsa Sarasvatī mengangkat Vāḍava-api dan datang ke sana demi kepuasan para resi bijaksana.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with Sarasvatī presence)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed: ‘O Great Goddess’)
Scene: Agni agrees and plunges into the ocean; simultaneously, Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa is shown bearing the Vāḍava-fire, arriving to gratify the sages—an esoteric tableau of fire carried within sacred waters.
FAQs
Holy places are portrayed as sites where cosmic forces are harmonized for the welfare of dharma and the sages.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically connected with Sarasvatī’s presence and the Vāḍava-fire episode.
No direct prescription; the verse frames a sacred-history (māhātmya) explaining why Prabhāsa is revered by sages.