Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कुबेरस्थानमुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धः पुरा देवि कुबेरो धनदोऽभवत्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kuberasthānamuttamam | yatra siddhaḥ purā devi kubero dhanado'bhavat
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവീ! തുടർന്ന് കുബേരന്റെ ഉത്തമസ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് പോകണം; ഹേ ദേവീ, അവിടെ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് കുബേരൻ സിദ്ധനായി ‘ധനദ’—ധനം നല്കുന്നവൻ—ആയിരുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kubera-sthāna (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route; in the background a sacred grove/shrine labeled Kubera-sthāna, with yakṣa motifs, treasure pots, and a serene liṅga or altar indicating sanctity beyond material wealth.
FAQs
Prosperity is linked to tīrtha and merit: Kubera’s wealth-giving status is portrayed as arising from siddhi connected to a sacred locale.
Kuberasthāna (Kubera’s sacred place) within the Prabhāsa pilgrimage landscape.
A pilgrimage instruction is implied: “one should go” (gacchet) to Kuberasthāna.