Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
इतस्ततस्ते धावन्तो मार्यमाणाश्च तद्गणैः । प्रभास क्षेत्रसंप्राप्ता नश्यमाना महार्णवम्
itastataste dhāvanto māryamāṇāśca tadgaṇaiḥ | prabhāsa kṣetrasaṃprāptā naśyamānā mahārṇavam
ഇങ്ങോട്ടും അങ്ങോട്ടും ഓടിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, അവളുടെ ഗണങ്ങളാൽ വധിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തു; അവർ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെത്തി മഹാസമുദ്രത്തിൽ നശിച്ചു।
Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (samudra-sannidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya discourse
Scene: Daityas, struck down by Devī’s gaṇas, stumble onto the sands of Prabhāsa; waves surge and swallow them; attendants stand like a luminous wall between kṣetra and chaos; the sea becomes a vast mouth of dissolution.
FAQs
Holy places are theaters of dharma’s triumph; approaching the sacred realm becomes the turning point where adharma collapses.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly named as the reached sacred field.
No direct prescription; the verse contributes to the glorification of the kṣetra through narrative.