Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रयत्नेन श्रुत्वा चैवावधारय । प्रभासं परमं देवि क्षेत्रमेतन्मम प्रियम्
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi prayatnena śrutvā caivāvadhāraya | prabhāsaṃ paramaṃ devi kṣetrametanmama priyam
ಈಶ್ವರನು ಉವಾಚ— ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ಕೇಳು; ಕೇಳಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಧರಿಸು. ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಪ್ರಭಾಸವು ಪರಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ; ಈ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ನನಗೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಿಯ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to listen with effort and remember; the backdrop reveals Prabhāsa as a luminous sacred landscape—shoreline, temple spires, and a central liṅga shrine—conveying ‘parama kṣetra’.
FAQs
Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that orients one toward pilgrimage and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, declared supreme and beloved of Śiva.
An implicit prescription of attentive śravaṇa and dhāraṇā (hearing and retaining sacred teaching).