Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे ऋषीणां पुण्यकर्मणाम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | tasyaiva paścime bhāge ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അനന്തരം, ഹേ മഹാദേവി, ത്രിലോകപ്രസിദ്ധമായ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്കു പോകണം. അതിന്റെ പടിഞ്ഞാറുഭാഗത്ത് പുണ്യകർമ്മികളായ ഋഷിമാരുടെ വാസസ്ഥലം ഉണ്ട്.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (tri-loka-viśruta tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on the next stage of pilgrimage: a famed tīrtha, with the western side shown as a serene grove of ṛṣis performing tapas and rites.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a sacred journey: moving from site to site, one approaches places sanctified by the presence and merit of ṛṣis.
A ‘tīrtha renowned in the three worlds’ is introduced, but the specific name is not present in this snippet (likely given in subsequent verses).
The instruction given is to proceed to the tīrtha; further ritual details are not included in the provided line.