Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84
क्वचित्कात्यायनीप्रख्यः प्रियंगुसुसमाकुलः । क्वचित्केसरसंयुक्तैरनलाभो विभात्यसौ
kvacitkātyāyanīprakhyaḥ priyaṃgususamākulaḥ | kvacitkesarasaṃyuktairanalābho vibhātyasau
कुठे प्रियंगुच्या सुंदर पुष्पांनी भरून तो कात्यायनीसारखा भासतो; तर कुठे केसरयुक्त होऊन तो अग्निराशीप्रमाणे तेजस्वी दिसतो।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hillside carpeted with delicate priyaṅgu blossoms, the whole slope taking on the grace of Kātyāyanī; nearby, golden kesara dust and sunlit blooms flare like a living fire across the terrain.
FAQs
The Goddess’s presence is intuited through auspicious beauty; sacred geography becomes a living icon for devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised as a place where the landscape evokes Devī and fiery splendor.
No ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a visionary description meant to intensify śraddhā toward the kṣetra.