Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
इत्युक्तवति देवेश ऋषयस्ते महाप्रभाः । पद्मनालाद्विनिःसृत्य सर्वे वै योगमायया । प्रदक्षिणां प्रकुर्वंति देवं देव्या बहिष्कृतम्
ityuktavati deveśa ṛṣayaste mahāprabhāḥ | padmanālādviniḥsṛtya sarve vai yogamāyayā | pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvaṃti devaṃ devyā bahiṣkṛtam
ദേവേശൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, മഹാപ്രഭയുള്ള ആ ഋഷിമാർ യോഗമായയുടെ ശക്തിയാൽ പദ്മനാളത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തുവന്ന്, ദേവിക്ക് അദൃശ്യമാകെ, ദേവനെ പ്രദക്ഷിണം ചെയ്യാൻ തുടങ്ങി.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Radiant ṛṣis emerge mystically from a lotus-stalk and begin circumambulating Śiva; Devī is present yet veiled from their sight, emphasizing selective perception.
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The perfected sages honor Śiva through pradakṣiṇā, showing that reverence at a sacred kṣetra is itself a yogic act.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva is worshipped by siddha-like ṛṣis.
Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of the deity, presented as a meritorious devotional practice.