Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
यस्मादर्कस्य तेजोभिर्भासितं मम तद्गृहम् । तस्मात्प्रभासनामेति कल्पेऽस्मिन्प्रथितं प्रिये
yasmādarkasya tejobhirbhāsitaṃ mama tadgṛham | tasmātprabhāsanāmeti kalpe'sminprathitaṃ priye
അർക്കൻ (സൂര്യൻ)ന്റെ തേജസ്സാൽ എന്റെ ആ ധാമം പ്രകാശിതമാകുന്നതിനാൽ, പ്രിയേ, ഈ കല്പത്തിൽ അത് ‘പ്രഭാസ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Priyā (addressed as ‘priye’—beloved; likely a goddess/consort figure in the narrative frame)
Scene: A radiant sanctum/abode suffused with solar beams; the kṣetra glows as if the Sun’s tejas is poured upon it, while a divine speaker addresses ‘priye’ (beloved).
FAQs
The holiness and very name of a tīrtha can arise from divine radiance and the intimate relationship between deities.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose name is linked to the shining (prabhā) caused by the Sun’s splendour.
None; the verse provides tīrtha-nāma-nirukti (name-origin) as part of the māhātmya.