Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
तेन तत्प्राप दुष्प्राप्यमैश्वर्य्यमकृता त्मभिः । स एवं वर्त्तते चन्द्रश्चात्रेय इति विश्रुतः
tena tatprāpa duṣprāpyamaiśvaryyamakṛtā tmabhiḥ | sa evaṃ varttate candraścātreya iti viśrutaḥ
ആ പുണ്യഫലത്താൽ അവൻ അസംയമികൾക്ക് ദുഷ്പ്രാപമായ ഐശ്വര്യം നേടി. അതിനാൽ ചന്ദ്രൻ ആ നിലയിൽ തന്നെ നിലകൊണ്ട് പരമ്പരയിൽ ‘ചാത്രേയ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനാണ്।
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue flow)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Soma/Candra enthroned in the night sky, serene and sovereign, with a subtle mark of identity; below, Prabhāsa shoreline and temple silhouette; the contrast between disciplined radiance and the shadowy undisciplined is implied.
FAQs
True prosperity and lasting stature arise from merit and self-discipline, not from an unrefined life.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as the place whose merit can confer even ‘hard-to-attain’ aiśvarya.
The verse implies attainment through the prior sacred observance/bath; no new separate ritual is specified here.