Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यदाऽरण्यमनुप्राप्ताः पांडवाः पृथिवीतले । भ्रममाणा महादेवि प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः
yadā'raṇyamanuprāptāḥ pāṃḍavāḥ pṛthivītale | bhramamāṇā mahādevi prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ
പാണ്ഡവർ ഭൂമിയിൽ വനത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിച്ച് അലഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ഹേ മഹാദേവീ, അവർ പ്രഭാസത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: The Pāṇḍavas, travel-worn, enter the luminous Prabhāsa field after wandering forests; Draupadī and brothers with bows, dusted garments, approaching a sacred coastal/temple landscape.
FAQs
Even amid exile and hardship, the righteous are guided toward tīrthas—suggesting that sacred places become refuges that reorient life toward dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the sacred region of Prabhāsa).
No explicit rite is stated here; it establishes the tīrtha-arrival narrative that supports subsequent acts like snāna and worship.