Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अर्कस्थलस्तथादित्यः प्रभासः शशिभूषणः । एते षट्प्रवरा देवाः क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके स्थिताः
arkasthalastathādityaḥ prabhāsaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ | ete ṣaṭpravarā devāḥ kṣetre prābhāsike sthitāḥ
അർക്കസ്ഥലൻ, ആദിത്യൻ, പ്രഭാസൻ, ശശിഭൂഷണൻ—ഇവർ ആറ് പ്രമുഖ ദേവന്മാർ; പ്രാഭാസിക (പ്രഭാസ) ക്ഷേത്രഭൂമിയിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതരാണ്।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī and the audience of the māhātmya
Scene: A schematic sacred map rendered as a devotional scene: six shrines or icons within Prabhāsa—Arkasthala and Āditya as solar emblems, Prabhāsa as radiant presence, Śaśibhūṣaṇa as moon-crested Śiva aspect, alongside the previously mentioned Someśa and Pitāmaha—arranged like a mandala with pilgrims moving clockwise.
FAQs
A tirtha is a sacred network: multiple divine forms collectively sanctify the landscape and guide pilgrimage.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra), with its principal shrines/deities named.
No specific rite; the verse functions as a sacred directory of key deities for darśana in Prabhāsa.