Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 147
इदं हि कारणं प्रोक्तं क्षेत्राणां चैव गोपने । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं सिद्धिर्येन सुदुर्ल्लभा
idaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ proktaṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ caiva gopane | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ siddhiryena sudurllabhā
ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളെ സംരക്ഷിക്കേണ്ടതിന്റെ കാരണമിതെന്നു പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇതെല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞു—അതിലൂടെ അത്യന്തം ദുർലഭമായ സിദ്ധി ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as model kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Skanda concludes a teaching to Devī: a symbolic ‘fence of dharma’ around a radiant kṣetra—priests, guardians, and devotees maintaining order, cleaning ghāṭas, preventing misconduct—while siddhi is depicted as a lotus rising from the sanctum.
FAQs
Holy places must be protected through right conduct; such reverence supports rare spiritual attainment.
Prabhāsa is the broader focus of the section, though the verse speaks generally of safeguarding kṣetras.
No specific rite; it emphasizes guarding and honoring sacred sites (kṣetra-gopana).