Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
गुप्तो भूत्वा कुष्ठरोगाल्लज्जयाधोमुखः स्थितः । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु प्रभासक्षेत्र उत्तमे
gupto bhūtvā kuṣṭharogāllajjayādhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu prabhāsakṣetra uttame
കുഷ്ഠരോഗം ബാധിച്ച് ലജ്ജയാൽ മുഖം താഴ്ത്തി അദ്ദേഹം മറഞ്ഞുകിടന്നു. ഉത്തമ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം ആയിരം ദിവ്യവർഷങ്ങൾ അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയിരുന്നു.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Devagupteśvara vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Soma, afflicted with leprosy, stands or sits with downcast face, partially concealed in a grove or near a shrine in Prabhāsa; the passage of ‘a thousand divine years’ is suggested through cyclical moon phases in the sky.
FAQs
Endurance and penance in a sacred field transform suffering and karma, preparing one for divine intervention.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra generally, within the Devagupteśvara narrative setting.
No explicit rite; the verse highlights long tapas (austerity) as the spiritual discipline undertaken.