Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
प्रभासाद्यानि तीर्थानि पुलस्त्यायाह पद्मभूः । न यैस्तत्राप्लुतं चैव किं तैस्तीर्थमुपासितम्
prabhāsādyāni tīrthāni pulastyāyāha padmabhūḥ | na yaistatrāplutaṃ caiva kiṃ taistīrthamupāsitam
പദ്മഭൂ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പുലസ്ത്യനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—പ്രഭാസം മുതലായ തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ അതിപവിത്രം; അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യാത്തവർ മറ്റുതീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ആശ്രയിച്ചിട്ടെന്തു ഫലം?
Nārada (quoting Brahmā’s statement to Pulastya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pulastya
Scene: Brahmā (Padmabhū) instructs Pulastya, pointing toward a sacred map of tīrthas with Prabhāsa shining foremost; the verse framed like a proclamation that bathing is the decisive act.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are portrayed as spiritually foundational; bathing there is praised as a decisive purifier within purāṇic dharma.
Prabhāsa tīrtha (the Prabhāsa-kṣetra region, closely linked with Somanātha).
Snāna (ritual bathing/immersion) at Prabhāsa is implied as essential for fully realizing tīrtha merit.