Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तीर्थानि तीर्थराजोऽयं प्रयागः समुपस्थितः । आत्मानं गोपयामास तीर्थकोटिभिरावृतम्
tīrthāni tīrtharājo'yaṃ prayāgaḥ samupasthitaḥ | ātmānaṃ gopayāmāsa tīrthakoṭibhirāvṛtam
सर्व तीर्थे तेथे उपस्थित होती; आणि तीर्थराज प्रयागही तेथे आला. कोट्यवधी तीर्थांनी वेढला जाऊन त्याने स्वतःला लपविले.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prayāga (as tīrtha-rāja) present at Prabhāsa
Type: sangam
Listener: Surasundarī
Scene: Personified tīrthas gather like radiant beings; Prayāga arrives crowned as tīrtha-rāja, then becomes veiled/hidden amid a vast multitude of tīrtha-forms encircling it.
FAQs
Supreme sanctity can remain veiled; the greatest tīrtha may be ‘hidden’ until revealed by divine narrative and devotion.
Gupta Prayāga—the concealed form of Prayāga within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; the verse explains the hidden nature of the tīrtha.