Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
तपस्तप्यन्ति मुनयः कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिकम् । गत्वा प्राभासिकं क्षेत्रं लोकाश्चान्ये कृते युगे
tapastapyanti munayaḥ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādikam | gatvā prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ lokāścānye kṛte yuge
കൃതയുഗത്തിൽ മുനിമാർ കൃച്ഛ്ര-ചാന്ദ്രായണാദി വ്രതങ്ങളോടെ കഠിന തപസ്സു ചെയ്യുന്നു; മറ്റു ജനങ്ങളും പ്രാഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ചെന്നു അത്തരം തപശ്ചര്യ ആചരിക്കുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages with matted hair and bark garments arrive at Prabhāsa’s shore/temple precinct and begin Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa observances—measured meals, lunar-diet symbolism, and meditative austerity.
FAQs
In earlier yugas, rigorous tapas and strict vows were central means of dharma, especially when undertaken in a sanctified tīrtha like Prabhāsa.
Prābhāsika kṣetra—Prabhāsa, the famed sacred region on the western seacoast of Bhārata.
Performance of penitential vows such as Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa as forms of tapas.