Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
व्रतं कृत्वा प्रभासे तु यथोक्तं वरवर्णिनि । ब्रह्मतीर्थे समागत्य उद्धृत्य सकलं ततः
vrataṃ kṛtvā prabhāse tu yathoktaṃ varavarṇini | brahmatīrthe samāgatya uddhṛtya sakalaṃ tataḥ
हे वरवर्णिनी! प्रभासक्षेत्री यथोक्त विधीने व्रत करून ते ब्रह्मतीर्थास आले आणि तेथून सर्व काही उचलून बाहेर काढले।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed as ‘O fair lady’)
Scene: Pilgrims who have completed a prescribed vow arrive at Brahma-tīrtha in Prabhāsa; they prepare to lift/extract something from the sacred spot, with attendants and onlookers gathered at the water’s edge.
FAQs
Tīrtha-mahātmya is lived through prescribed practice—vows performed at the sacred site culminate in transformative encounters.
Brahma-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Performance of a vrata at Prabhāsa “as instructed” (yathokta), followed by proceeding to Brahma-tīrtha.