Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
पुनस्ते कथयाम्यद्य यत्पृच्छसि वरानने । तद्ब्रूहि शीघ्रं कल्याणि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
punaste kathayāmyadya yatpṛcchasi varānane | tadbrūhi śīghraṃ kalyāṇi yatte manasi vartate
ഹേ വരാനനേ! നീ ചോദിക്കുന്നതു ഞാൻ ഇന്നും വീണ്ടും നിനക്കു പറയുന്നു. ഹേ കല്യാണീ, വേഗം പറയുക—നിന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ ഉള്ളതു വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുക.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution from the surrounding dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva turns toward Devī, inviting her to speak her question; an intimate, auspicious conversational pause before the revelation of Prabhāsa’s origin.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are transmitted through respectful inquiry; earnest questioning becomes the doorway to purifying, place-centered wisdom.
The verse serves as a lead-in to the glorification of Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), the famed sacred region of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the forthcoming māhātmya that typically culminates in tīrtha-yātrā, snāna, and devotion.