Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । प्रभासं तात मे ब्रूहि कथं जातं महाफलम् । स्वर्गसोपानदं दृश्यं संक्षेपात्कथयस्व मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | prabhāsaṃ tāta me brūhi kathaṃ jātaṃ mahāphalam | svargasopānadaṃ dṛśyaṃ saṃkṣepātkathayasva me
ຢຸທິສຖິຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຂໍພໍ່ເຈົ້າ ຈົ່ງເລົ່າເລື່ອງປຣະພາສາໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຟັງ—ມັນເກີດເປັນຜົນບຸນອັນໃຫຍ່ໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ສິ່ງທີ່ເຫັນຊັດວ່າເປັນ ‘ຜູ້ປະທານຂັ້ນບັນໄດສູ່ສະຫວັນ’ ນີ້ ຂໍຈົ່ງອະທິບາຍໂດຍຫຍໍ້ໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as ‘tāta’/fatherly sage)
Scene: A royal inquirer (Yudhiṣṭhira) respectfully questions a sage-father figure about the mysterious, heaven-leading power of Prabhāsa; the scene frames the opening of a tīrtha-māhātmya narration.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through their origin-stories (māhātmya), which reveal why their merit is considered extraordinary.
Prabhāsa (connected with Prabhāseśvara) is the focus of inquiry.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse initiates a request for the tīrtha’s condensed māhātmya narration.