Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
एको व्रतानि सर्वाणि कुरुते मृगलांछन । अन्यः पश्यति मामत्र समं ताभ्यां फलं स्मृतम्
eko vratāni sarvāṇi kurute mṛgalāṃchana | anyaḥ paśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam
हे मृगलांछन! एक जण सर्व व्रत-नियम करतो, आणि दुसरा येथे मला दर्शन घेतो—दोघांनाही समान फळ मिळते असे स्मरणात सांगितले आहे.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A montage of various vratas—lamp offerings, fasting, night-vigil, circumambulation—fades into a single focal moment: the pilgrim’s darśana at Prabhāsa, with the deity’s presence eclipsing all other ritual scenes.
FAQs
The verse magnifies Prabhāsa: a single sacred encounter (darśana) can equal the merit of many austerities and vows.
Prabhāsakṣetra, the ‘here’ where darśana is praised.
Vratas (religious vows/observances) are referenced as the compared discipline.