Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
कथं स पूज्यो देवेश यात्रा कार्या कथं नृभिः । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि प्रसन्नो यदि मे प्रभो
kathaṃ sa pūjyo deveśa yātrā kāryā kathaṃ nṛbhiḥ | etadvistarato brūhi prasanno yadi me prabho
ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃទេវតាទាំងឡាយ តើគួរបូជាព្រះអង្គយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច ហើយមនុស្សគួរធ្វើយាត្រាបុណ្យយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច? ប្រសិនបើព្រះអង្គពេញព្រះហឫទ័យចំពោះខ្ញុំ សូមពន្យល់ឲ្យលម្អិត ព្រះអម្ចាស់។
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, with folded hands, asks Īśvara the detailed method of worship and the proper way to undertake the Prabhāsa pilgrimage; a sacred coastal tīrtha atmosphere implied.
FAQs
Right practice matters: pilgrimage gains full power when joined with correct worship and informed observance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the setting, with focus turning to the worship of Pitāmaha (Brahmā) there.
A request for pūjā-vidhi and yātrā-vidhi (how to worship and how to perform the pilgrimage), to be explained in subsequent verses.