Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
काण्वोऽथ गौतमो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः । जमदग्निस्तथा रामो बकश्चेत्येवमादयः । कृष्णद्वैपायनश्चैव पुत्रशिष्यैः समन्वितः
kāṇvo'tha gautamo dhaumyaḥ śatānando'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jamadagnistathā rāmo bakaścetyevamādayaḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaścaiva putraśiṣyaiḥ samanvitaḥ
ಆಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಣ್ವ, ಗೌತಮ, ಧೌಮ್ಯ, ಶತಾನಂದ ಮತ್ತು ಅಕೃತವ್ರಣ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಜಮದಗ್ನಿ, ರಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಬಕ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಋಷಿಗಳು ಬಂದರು. ಕೃಷ್ಣದ್ವೈಪಾಯನ ವ್ಯಾಸರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಪುತ್ರರು ಹಾಗೂ ಶಿಷ್ಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿದರು.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of venerable sages—Kāṇva, Gautama, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, Jamadagni, Rāma, Baka—arrive at luminous Prabhāsa; Vyāsa appears with his sons and disciples, forming a dense ascetic assembly near the sacred shore/temple precinct.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is depicted as a dharmic hub where guru–śiṣya lineages gather, reinforcing the tīrtha’s authority and living tradition.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as a meeting ground of many ṛṣis including Vyāsa.
No explicit prescription; the focus is on the tīrtha’s sanctity established by sages and their lineages.