Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
चतुर्मुख इवाभाति हरितालवपुः क्वचित् । क्वचित्सप्तच्छदैर्विष्णोर्वपुषा भात्ययं गिरिः
caturmukha ivābhāti haritālavapuḥ kvacit | kvacitsaptacchadairviṣṇorvapuṣā bhātyayaṃ giriḥ
ചിലിടങ്ങളിൽ ഹരിതാലവർണ്ണദേഹത്തോടെ ഇത് ചതുര്മുഖൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) പോലെയായി ഭാസിക്കുന്നു; മറ്റിടങ്ങളിൽ സപ്തച്ഛദവൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ ഈ ഗിരി വിഷ്ണുരൂപംപോലെ തിളങ്ങുന്നു।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sacred mountain)
Type: peak
Scene: A mountain face gleams yellow-green like haritāla pigment, suggesting Brahmā’s four-faced presence; nearby stands a grove of saptacchada trees, their layered leaves forming a Viṣṇu-like aura over the slope.
FAQs
In a mahā-kṣetra, the devotee perceives the One sacred reality through many divine forms, including Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s mountain is glorified as a landscape that evokes divine darśana through its colors and trees.
No ritual is mentioned; the focus is contemplative recognition of the kṣetra’s divinity.