Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
यः परं श्रूयते ज्योतिर्यः परं श्रूयते तपः । यः परं परतः प्रोक्तः परं यः परमात्मवान्
yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate jyotiryaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ | yaḥ paraṃ parataḥ proktaḥ paraṃ yaḥ paramātmavān
‘പരമ ജ്യോതി’യായി ശ്രുതിയിൽ കേൾക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൻ, ‘പരമ തപസ്’ എന്നായും ശ്രവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൻ. പരാത്പരൻ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടവൻ; പരമാത്മസ്വഭാവസമ്പന്നനായ പരമൻ അവൻ തന്നെ.
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous, formless radiance (parama-jyotis) emanates behind a subtle outline of the Lord; sages sit on the Prabhāsa shore listening, while a thin flame-like aura symbolizes tapas rising upward.
FAQs
The highest reality is the Paramātman—supreme light and supreme tapas—known through śruti-like testimony and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual site; the verse elevates the theological status of the Lord associated with Prabhāsa.
No explicit prescription; ‘tapas’ is mentioned as a supreme principle rather than a specific vrata.