Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94
यस्मिन्काले न वै ब्रह्मा न भूमिर्न दिवाकरः । सर्वं चैव जगन्नाथ तस्मिन्काले यशस्विनि
yasminkāle na vai brahmā na bhūmirna divākaraḥ | sarvaṃ caiva jagannātha tasminkāle yaśasvini
ബ്രഹ്മാവുമില്ല, ഭൂമിയുമില്ല, സൂര്യനും ഇല്ലാത്ത ആ സമയത്ത്; എല്ലാം ലയിക്കുന്നപ്പോൾ—ഹേ ജഗന്നാഥാ—ആ സമയത്ത്, ഹേ യശസ്വിനീ…
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A vast pralaya void: no earth, no sun; only a subtle, self-luminous presence of Jagannātha/Īśvara, with the idea of the kṣetra held in protective divine awareness.
FAQs
The text frames Prabhāsa’s sacredness as enduring beyond cosmic cycles, pointing to Śiva’s transcendence.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose holiness is described in cosmic (pralaya) terms.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse sets up the pralaya-context for the site’s imperishable greatness.