Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
इदं माहात्म्यमखिलमभूत्स्वायंभुवांतरे । वैवस्वते पुनश्चान्यद्दक्षयज्ञविनाशकृत्
idaṃ māhātmyamakhilamabhūtsvāyaṃbhuvāṃtare | vaivasvate punaścānyaddakṣayajñavināśakṛt
हे संपूर्ण माहात्म्य स्वायंभुव मन्वंतरात घडले; आणि वैवस्वत मन्वंतरात पुन्हा एक अन्य प्रसंग घडला, जो दक्षयज्ञविनाशाशी संबंधित होता.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (manvantara-linked mahātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)
Scene: A cosmic timeline tableau: two panels or layered scenes—Svāyambhuva Manvantara events establishing the kṣetra’s glory, and Vaivasvata Manvantara showing the Dakṣa-yajña destruction motif—both anchored to the same Prabhāsa landscape.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as timeless, recurring across cosmic eras, reinforcing faith in its perennial power.
Prabhāsakṣetra and specifically the Kapāleśvara-linked narrative, situated within multi-Manvantara tradition.
No prescription; the verse provides historical-cosmic framing for the Māhātmya.