Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवोष्टौ प्रकीर्तिताः । आपस्य पुत्रा वैदंड्यः श्रमः शान्तो ध्वनिस्तथा
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavoṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ | āpasya putrā vaidaṃḍyaḥ śramaḥ śānto dhvanistathā
പ്രത്യൂഷനും പ്രഭാസനും—അഷ്ട വസുക്കളിൽ കീര്ത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ആപയുടെ പുത്രന്മാർ വൈദണ്ഡ്യൻ, ശ്രമൻ, ശാന്തൻ, ധ്വനി എന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant assembly of the eight Vasus, with Pratyūṣa (dawn) and Prabhāsa (radiance) highlighted; from Āpa emerge four sons—Vaidaṇḍya, Śrama, Śānta, Dhvani—depicted as personifications of discipline, peace, and sound, flowing like ripples from water.
FAQs
It ties the sacred identity of Prabhāsa to cosmic divinity (a Vasu), suggesting that the kṣetra’s holiness mirrors primordial divine presence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is indirectly reinforced through the mention of the Vasu ‘Prabhāsa,’ echoing the sacred place-name.
None; the verse continues the lineage-listing.