Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
कस्मिन्स्थाने मया दक्ष द्रष्टव्योऽसौ महेश्वरः । तत्स्थानानि चरिष्यामि यानि तानि वदस्व मे
kasminsthāne mayā dakṣa draṣṭavyo'sau maheśvaraḥ | tatsthānāni cariṣyāmi yāni tāni vadasva me
ഹേ ദക്ഷാ! ആ മഹേശ്വരനെ ഞാൻ ഏത് സ്ഥലത്ത് ദർശിക്കണം? ഞാൻ സഞ്ചരിക്കേണ്ട ആ സ്ഥാനങ്ങളെല്ലാം എനിക്കു പറയുക; ഞാൻ അവിടങ്ങളിലേക്കു യാത്ര ചെയ്യും।
Soma (Candra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A seeker addresses Dakṣa with folded hands, asking for the exact place to behold Maheśvara; the background hints at coastal Prabhāsa with distant sea and shrine silhouettes.
FAQs
The seeker embraces pilgrimage and effort—moving through sacred places to attain Śiva’s darśana and grace.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching holy region; the verse explicitly points toward a network of sacred locations connected to Maheśvara.
Pilgrimage (carīṣyāmi—journeying) is implied as the practice, undertaken to obtain darśana and perform worship.