Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
गोचर्ममानमध्यानि कानिचिद्धनुषांतरम् । यज्ञोपवीतमात्राणि प्रभासे संति कोटिशः
gocarmamānamadhyāni kāniciddhanuṣāṃtaram | yajñopavītamātrāṇi prabhāse saṃti koṭiśaḥ
काही (तीर्थ) गोचर्म-मानाने मध्यम विस्ताराचे, काही धनुष्यांतराएवढे पसरलेले; आणि प्रभासात यज्ञोपवीत-मात्र सूक्ष्म असेही कोट्यवधी पवित्र स्थान आहेत.
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue address to Devī in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (koṭi-tīrtha density motif)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast coastal sacred field shimmering with countless tiny luminous points—some as large as a cowhide, some a bowshot, many as fine as a yajñopavīta—like stars fallen onto earth.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is portrayed as densely saturated with sanctity—holiness exists from vast tracts down to minute points.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a whole, described as containing innumerable tīrthas of varying size.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse magnifies Prabhāsa by enumerating the abundance and variety of sacred loci.