Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
गर्भगृहं च गव्यूतिः कर्णिका सा मम प्रिया । क्षेत्रसीमा प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि यथाक्रमम्
garbhagṛhaṃ ca gavyūtiḥ karṇikā sā mama priyā | kṣetrasīmā pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu devi yathākramam
गर्भगृह एक गव्यूती एवढे आहे; ती ‘कर्णिका’ मला अत्यंत प्रिय आहे। आता मी क्षेत्राच्या सीमा सांगतो—हे देवि, क्रमाने ऐक।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (karṇikā/garbhagṛha core)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A deity (or sacred narrator) addresses Devī, indicating the ‘garbhagṛha’ and ‘karṇikā’ of Prabhāsa as a lotus-like center, while gesturing outward to describe the kṣetra’s boundary sequence.
FAQs
The innermost sacred center (karṇikā/garbhagṛha) is especially beloved to the deity; approaching the core symbolizes approaching the heart of dharma and grace.
Prabhāsa, particularly its garbhagṛha/karṇikā (the central sanctified core).
No explicit rite; it transitions into the formal listing of the kṣetra’s boundaries (sīmā), which guides correct pilgrimage practice.