Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
इति देवो वरान्दत्त्वा तत्रैवांतरधीयत । एतत्कृतयुगे वृत्तं तव देवि प्रभाषितम्
iti devo varāndattvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata | etatkṛtayuge vṛttaṃ tava devi prabhāṣitam
अशा रीतीने देवाने वर देऊन तेथेच अंतर्धान पावला। हे देवी! हे कृतयुगातील वृत्तांत मी तुला सांगितले आहे।
Narrator (likely Skanda) addressing Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: After granting boons, the deity dissolves into light at the sacred spot; the sage remains in stillness. The narrator’s voice frames it as an ancient Kṛta-yuga event told to the Goddess.
FAQs
Purāṇic accounts frame sacred sites through timeless yuga-history, emphasizing the enduring authority of divine boons.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the boons were granted and the deity vanished from sight.
None; it concludes a boon-giving episode and situates it in Kṛta Yuga.