Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
सरितः सागराः सर्वे पर्वता उरगास्तथा । ब्राह्म्याद्या मातरश्चैव ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ sarve parvatā uragāstathā | brāhmyādyā mātaraścaiva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ
അവിടെ എല്ലാ നദികളും എല്ലാ സമുദ്രങ്ങളും, പർവതങ്ങളും നാഗങ്ങളും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; ബ്രാഹ്മീ മുതലായ മാതൃദേവതകളും, തപസ്സേ ധനമായ ഋഷിമാരും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।
Sūta
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast sacred convocation at Prabhāsa: personified rivers and oceans arriving like deities, mountains standing as guardians, nāgas coiling in reverence, the Mātṛkās (Brāhmī onward) seated in a luminous circle, and austere ṛṣis with matted hair and kamaṇḍalus.
FAQs
The sacred narrative gathers all orders of creation—natural, divine, and ascetic—affirming that tīrtha-glory embraces the whole cosmos.
Kailāsa’s assembly is depicted; it functions as the prelude to Prabhāsakṣetra’s glorification.
None.