Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128
देव्युवाच । कस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरैः पूर्वं प्रभासक्षेत्रमागतैः । स्नानं कार्यं महादेवि तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
devyuvāca | kasmiṃstīrthe naraiḥ pūrvaṃ prabhāsakṣetramāgataiḥ | snānaṃ kāryaṃ mahādevi tanme vistarato vada
देवी म्हणाली—हे महादेवी! प्रभासक्षेत्री आलेल्या नरांनी प्रथम कोणत्या तीर्थात स्नान करावे? ते मला विस्ताराने सांगा।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (entry protocol)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī respectfully questioning Mahādeva about the first bathing ford upon reaching Prabhāsa; background hints of coastal sacred landscape and pilgrims arriving.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is not random; sacred geography is approached with proper order, humility, and ritual discipline.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a whole, introducing the question of the first tīrtha for snāna within Prabhāsa.
The prescription is to perform a first (initial) ritual bath upon arriving at Prabhāsa, according to an established tīrtha order.