Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
ईश्वर उवाच । भृगोर्महर्षेः पुत्रोऽभूच्च्यवनो नाम नामतः । स प्रभासं समासाद्य तपस्तेपे महामुनिः
īśvara uvāca | bhṛgormaharṣeḥ putro'bhūccyavano nāma nāmataḥ | sa prabhāsaṃ samāsādya tapastepe mahāmuniḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले—महर्षी भृगूंचा पुत्र, नावाने प्रसिद्ध असा च्यवन होता. तो प्रभासास येऊन त्या महामुनीने तप आचरले.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara narrates: Cyavana, son of Bhṛgu, journeys to Prabhāsa; he sits in deep austerity near the sacred coast/temple precinct, surrounded by stillness and inner fire.
FAQs
Holy places magnify spiritual discipline; Prabhāsa is presented as a field where tapas bears extraordinary fruit.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the destination where Cyavana practiced austerity.
Tapas (austerity) is indicated generally; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is detailed in this verse.