Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
गृहीत्वा यादवान्सर्वान्बालवृद्धवणिग्जनान् । स शून्यां मथुरां कृत्वा प्रभासं समुपागतः
gṛhītvā yādavānsarvānbālavṛddhavaṇigjanān | sa śūnyāṃ mathurāṃ kṛtvā prabhāsaṃ samupāgataḥ
എല്ലാ യാദവരെയും—കുട്ടികൾ, വൃദ്ധർ, വ്യാപാരികൾ ഉൾപ്പെടെ—കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട്, മഥുരയെ ശൂന്യമാക്കി പിന്നെ പ്രഭാസത്തിലെത്തി।
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse; likely Sūta speaking within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A mass departure: Viṣṇu leads the Yādavas—children on shoulders, elders supported, merchants with carts—leaving Mathurā emptied; the caravan moves toward the western coast and Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Holy places are approached with collective responsibility—protecting the vulnerable while moving toward a dharmic destination.
Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra), a major western Indian tīrtha celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No direct ritual is stated here; it sets the pilgrimage context leading to later instructions on sacred bathing.