Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
किंचित्प्रष्टुमनाश्चास्मि प्रभासक्षेत्रविस्तरम् । तन्मे कथय कामेश दयां कृत्वा जगत्प्रभो
kiṃcitpraṣṭumanāścāsmi prabhāsakṣetravistaram | tanme kathaya kāmeśa dayāṃ kṛtvā jagatprabho
പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ വിപുലതയെക്കുറിച്ച് ഞാൻ അല്പം കൂടി ചോദിക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ കാമേശാ, ഹേ ജഗത്പ്രഭോ, കരുണചെയ്ത് അത് എനിക്ക് പറയണമേ.
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (addressed as Kāmeśa, Jagatprabhu)
Scene: A devotee (or Devī as interlocutor) bows and asks Īśvara to describe the full extent of Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the setting suggests a sacred coastal shrine atmosphere with Somnātha-like liṅga presence and pilgrims listening.
FAQs
Dharma grows through humble inquiry; understanding a kṣetra’s sacred geography is part of honoring it properly.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically its ‘vistara’—the fuller description of its sacred extent.
No direct prescription; it requests detailed guidance that typically supports pilgrimage practices like snāna and tīrtha-darśana.