Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तेषां मध्ये सप्तमोऽसौ प्रत्यूष इति विश्रुतः । स पुत्रकामो देवेशि प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागतः
teṣāṃ madhye saptamo'sau pratyūṣa iti viśrutaḥ | sa putrakāmo deveśi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgataḥ
അവരിൽ ഏഴാമൻ ‘പ്രത്യൂഷ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധൻ. പുത്രകാമനയോടെ, ഹേ ദേവേശി, അവൻ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് വന്നു.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī addressed as Deveśī
Scene: Pratyūṣa, radiant like dawn, journeys toward a coastal sacred field; the horizon glows, seabirds circle, and a distant shrine marks Prabhāsa. His posture shows resolve and humility.
FAQs
Pilgrimage joined with a righteous intention (here, putra-kāmanā) turns a sacred kṣetra into a channel for divine grace.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached as a boon-bestowing holy region.
Not explicit; the verse indicates a putra-kāma motive leading to tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).