Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125
मद्भावभाविता देवि तीर्थं सेवंति सुव्रताः । तेषां चैव हितार्थाय कथयामि यशश्विनि
madbhāvabhāvitā devi tīrthaṃ sevaṃti suvratāḥ | teṣāṃ caiva hitārthāya kathayāmi yaśaśvini
हे देवि! जे सुव्रती माझ्या भक्तिभावाने भावित होऊन या तीर्थाचे सेवन व सेवा करतात, त्यांच्या हितासाठी, हे यशस्विनी, मी आता सांगतो.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, gesturing toward a radiant coastal tīrtha; devotees with waterpots and flowers perform service—cleaning steps, offering lamps—while a luminous aura marks the ford.
FAQs
Tīrtha-sevā becomes truly fruitful when performed with devotion to Śiva and disciplined vows.
The Prabhāsa tīrtha/Prabhāsa-kṣetra, introduced in this Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context.
Service/resort to the tīrtha (tīrtha-sevā) by suvratāḥ—disciplined observants devoted to Śiva.