Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
इति श्रुत्वा वचो रामः परमानंदपूरितः । प्रभासक्षेत्रगमने मतिं चक्रे महामनाः
iti śrutvā vaco rāmaḥ paramānaṃdapūritaḥ | prabhāsakṣetragamane matiṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ
ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ കേട്ട് രാമൻ പരമാനന്ദത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞു; ആ മഹാമനസ്സൻ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്കു പോകാൻ നിശ്ചയിച്ചു।
Narrator (Unspecified Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Rāma, radiant with inner joy, resolves to depart for Prabhāsa; attendants prepare for travel; the distant coastline/temple silhouette suggests the sacred destination.
FAQs
True tīrtha-yātrā begins with inner resolve rooted in faith; joy arises when one turns toward a sanctifying sacred place.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a destination worthy of deliberate pilgrimage.
No specific rite; it records the sankalpa (resolve) to undertake the pilgrimage.