Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
चतुर्दशविधा त्वेवं प्रोक्ताऽयतनसंगतिः । यश्चैनां वेद भावेन स क्षेत्रफलमश्नुते
caturdaśavidhā tvevaṃ proktā'yatanasaṃgatiḥ | yaścaināṃ veda bhāvena sa kṣetraphalamaśnute
ഇങ്ങനെ പുണ്യായതനങ്ങളുടെ ക്രമീകരണം പതിനാലുവിധമായി ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ ഇതറിഞ്ഞവൻ ക്ഷേത്രഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (caturdaśa-āyatana-sangati)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher indicates a fourteenfold sacred layout—like a mandala—over Prabhāsa; a pilgrim receives the teaching with folded hands, the shrines glowing as points of a spiritual diagram.
FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fullest merit when paired with bhāva—reverent understanding and devotion—rather than mere physical travel.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose sacred places are described in a structured, enumerated manner.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on knowing the kṣetra’s sacred layout with devotion to gain kṣetra-phala.