Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
तिस्रः कोट्योऽर्द्धकोटिश्च क्षेत्रे प्रोक्ता विभागतः । यात्रा तु त्रिविधा ज्ञेया तां शृणुष्व वरानने
tisraḥ koṭyo'rddhakoṭiśca kṣetre proktā vibhāgataḥ | yātrā tu trividhā jñeyā tāṃ śṛṇuṣva varānane
विभागानुसार या क्षेत्रात तीन कोटी आणि अर्धकोटी (साडेतीन कोटी) सांगितल्या आहेत। यात्रा त्रिविध जाणावी—हे वरानने, ती ऐक.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (threefold yātrā system)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as varānanā)
Scene: A pilgrim’s guide tableau: three colored paths (Raudrī, Vaiṣṇavī, Brāhmī) winding through the Prabhāsa landscape, each path marked with deity emblems and clusters of tīrthas; Skanda points as Devī listens.
FAQs
Sacred geography is structured: Prabhāsa’s merit is accessed through ordered divisions and prescribed pilgrimage-circuits.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, with emphasis on its internally divided tīrtha-network and yātrā routes.
A threefold yātrā is introduced (details follow in subsequent verses), indicating an organized pilgrimage practice.