Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
बृहद्रथेन चोढासि कंकणस्य प्रभा वतः । न व्रतं न तपो दानं त्वया चीर्णं पुरा शुभे
bṛhadrathena coḍhāsi kaṃkaṇasya prabhā vataḥ | na vrataṃ na tapo dānaṃ tvayā cīrṇaṃ purā śubhe
हे शुभे! तू बृहद्रथाशी विवाहिता झालीस, पण हे त्या कंकणाच्या प्रभावामुळेच. पूर्वी तू न व्रत केले, न तप केले, न दान केले.
Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage addresses a royal lady, pointing out the surprising efficacy of a bracelet’s ‘prabhāva’ despite her lack of prior vows, austerities, or gifts; courtly setting with restrained wonder.
FAQs
Sacred merit (especially tied to a tīrtha or its sign like the kaṅkaṇa) can bear fruit even when conventional disciplines were previously neglected.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra/Someśvara is implied through the ‘kaṅkaṇa’ power narrative.
No prescription—rather, it contrasts absence of vrata, tapas, and dāna with unexpected spiritual efficacy.