Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
देव्युवाच । भक्तिदानविहीना ये प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः । स्नानमन्त्रविहीनाश्च वद तेषां तु किं फलम्
devyuvāca | bhaktidānavihīnā ye prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ | snānamantravihīnāśca vada teṣāṃ tu kiṃ phalam
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഭക്തിയും ദാനവും ഇല്ലാതെ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ എത്തി, സ്നാനമന്ത്രങ്ങളില്ലാതെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക് എന്ത് ഫലമാണ് ലഭിക്കുന്നത്? പറയുക.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, with compassionate yet probing expression, questions Īśvara beside a sacred bathing place in Prabhāsa; pilgrims bathe in the background—some reverent, some casual—highlighting the contrast between mantra-led ritual and bare immersion.
FAQs
The verse highlights the concern that outer pilgrimage and bathing should be supported by devotion, charity, and sacred intention.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached as a potent pilgrimage center where inner and outer disciplines are discussed.
It references bhakti (devotion), dāna (charity), and mantra-supported snāna (ritual bathing with mantras).