Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
राज्यं निष्कण्टकं प्राप्तं समृद्धं वरवर्णिनि । एतत्प्रभासमाहात्म्यं शिवरात्रेरुपोषणात् । एतत्फलं मया लब्धं गत्वा तस्मादुपोषये
rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ prāptaṃ samṛddhaṃ varavarṇini | etatprabhāsamāhātmyaṃ śivarātrerupoṣaṇāt | etatphalaṃ mayā labdhaṃ gatvā tasmādupoṣaye
हे वरवर्णिनी! मला निष्कंटक व समृद्ध असे राज्य प्राप्त झाले. शिवरात्रीच्या उपवासामुळे प्रभास-क्षेत्राचे हे माहात्म्य प्रकट होते. हे फळ मला लाभले; म्हणून मी तेथे जाऊन उपवास करीन।
Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, speaking to his queen, recounts the boon of a thornless, prosperous kingdom gained by fasting on Śivarātri at Prabhāsa; the mood is devotional resolve and testimony.
FAQs
Faithful Śivarātri observance, especially connected with Prabhāsa, is praised as a purifier that yields both inner uplift and outer stability.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), explicitly praised for its māhātmya.
Upoṣaṇa (fasting/vrata observance) on Śivarātri is recommended as the means to obtain the stated merit (phala).