Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
धनुषां सप्तके देवि नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । स्थापितं तन्महालिंगं वसूनामष्टमेन हि
dhanuṣāṃ saptake devi nātidūre vyavasthitam | sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṃgaṃ vasūnāmaṣṭamena hi
हे देवि, ते फार दूर नाही—सात धनुष्यांच्या अंतरावर आहे। ते महालिंग खरोखर वसूंमधील आठव्याने स्थापित केले होते।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāseśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A close-by coastal shrine is indicated with a traditional distance measure; the narrative highlights a radiant mahāliṅga installed by a Vasu, suggesting celestial presence around the sanctum.
FAQs
The sanctity of a kṣetra is reinforced through divine/ancient consecration narratives and precise sacred topography.
Prabhāseśvara’s mahā-liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No direct prescription; it states the consecration (sthāpana) of the liṅga by the eighth Vasu.