Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
तेषामाद्यो निशानाथ प्रभासेऽहं व्यवस्थितः । कल्पेकल्पे निशानाथ मम नामांतरं भवेत्
teṣāmādyo niśānātha prabhāse'haṃ vyavasthitaḥ | kalpekalpe niśānātha mama nāmāṃtaraṃ bhavet
ആ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ, ഹേ നിശാനാഥാ, ഞാൻ പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ ആദ്യം സ്ഥാപിതനാണ്; കൂടാതെ ഹേ നിശാനാഥാ, ഓരോ കല്പത്തിലും എന്റെ നാമം വ്യത്യസ്തമാകുന്നു।
Soma (Candra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nishānātha (Lord of Night) as directly addressed
Scene: A visionary hierarchy: Prabhāsa enthroned as the first tīrtha; a scroll of kalpas unfurling, with changing name-banners for the same divine presence across epochs.
FAQs
Divine manifestations are timeless yet adapt across cosmic cycles; Prabhāsa remains a stable sacred anchor even as names change with kalpas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as the foremost seat where the speaker is established.
No explicit rite; the focus is on cosmic-time theology (kalpa) and the permanence of Prabhāsa’s sanctity.