Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129
ईश्वर उवाच । हंत ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि आद्यं तीर्थं महाप्रभम् । पूर्वं यत्र नरैः स्नानं क्रियते तच्छृषुष्व मे
īśvara uvāca | haṃta te saṃpravakṣyāmi ādyaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham | pūrvaṃ yatra naraiḥ snānaṃ kriyate tacchṛṣuṣva me
ഈശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ശരി, ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് ആദ്യം മഹാപ്രഭമായ തീർത്ഥം പറയുന്നു; അവിടെയാണ് ജനങ്ങൾ ആദ്യം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നത്. എന്റെ വാക്ക് കേൾക്കുക।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: First tīrtha of Prabhāsa (to be named next)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva begins a formal teaching: hand raised in instruction (vyākhyāna-mudrā), Devī listening; a symbolic map-like vista of coastal tīrthas suggested behind them.
FAQs
Right practice begins with right listening: spiritual merit is enhanced when rituals follow revealed guidance.
The ‘ādya tīrtha’ (first tīrtha) of Prabhāsa is introduced; its name is given in the following verses.
Perform the first bath at the designated foremost tīrtha upon arriving at Prabhāsa, as Śiva now instructs.