Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
आद्यं महाप्रभावं हि नापुण्यो वेद मानवः । तस्यैव कल्पनामानि सांप्रतं प्रब्रवीमि ते
ādyaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ | tasyaiva kalpanāmāni sāṃprataṃ prabravīmi te
സത്യമായി, പുണ്യമില്ലാത്ത മനുഷ്യൻ അതിന്റെ ആദിമ മഹാപ്രഭാവം ഗ്രഹിക്കുകയില്ല; അതിനാൽ ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വിവിധ കല്പങ്ങളിലെ അതിന്റെ നാമങ്ങൾ പറയുന്നു।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Vṛṣabheśvara (kalpa-nāma tradition introduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks solemnly to Pārvatī, indicating that the shrine’s primordial power is not understood by the unmeritorious; a cosmic backdrop hints at kalpas—cycles of creation—while the liṅga remains steady and luminous.
FAQs
Spiritual merit (puṇya) refines understanding; tīrtha-glory is grasped through devotion and accumulated righteousness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly a liṅga whose greatness is said to be primordial and kalpa-transcending.
No direct rite is stated; the verse introduces a teaching on the liṅga’s kalpa-wise names.