Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81
पर्युषित उवाच । गच्छ त्वं चाश्रमं तत्र कुरु ब्राह्मणसत्तम । गमिष्यसि परां सिद्धिं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि
paryuṣita uvāca | gaccha tvaṃ cāśramaṃ tatra kuru brāhmaṇasattama | gamiṣyasi parāṃ siddhiṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi
പര്യുഷിതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണസത്തമ, നീ അവിടെ ചെന്നു ആശ്രമം സ്ഥാപിക്കൂ. നീ പരമസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കും; ലോകത്തിൽ ഖ്യാതിയും നേടും।
Paryuṣita
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (āśrama-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paryuṣita, a luminous figure, grants permission and blessing to Gautama; in the background, an āśrama takes shape—hut, sacred fire, students—symbolizing future renown and accomplishment.
FAQs
Service to a sacred place and disciplined religious life (āśrama + tapas) leads to siddhi and lasting dhārmic reputation.
The locale in Prabhāsa-kṣetra where the pretas were seen—later sanctified through Gautama’s āśrama and the Pretatīrtha account.
Founding an āśrama at the tīrtha-site as a dhārmic institution supporting tapas and rites.