Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
यदि प्रभासं सर्वेषां तीर्थानां प्रवरं मतम् । किमन्यैर्बहुभिस्तत्र कर्त्तव्यं तीर्थविस्तरैः
yadi prabhāsaṃ sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ matam | kimanyairbahubhistatra karttavyaṃ tīrthavistaraiḥ
जर प्रभास सर्व तीर्थांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ मानला आहे, तर मग तेथे इतर अनेक तीर्थांचे विस्तृत वर्णन करण्याची काय गरज?
Pārvatī (Devī) (deduced from subsequent address by Īśvara: “śṛṇu devi…”)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A declarative praise: Prabhāsa is the foremost tīrtha; the speaker dismisses lengthy enumeration of other sacred fords.
FAQs
When one attains the supreme sacred kṣetra, lesser comparisons and lengthy catalogues become secondary; focus on the highest refuge.
Prabhāsa (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised as foremost among all tīrthas.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse frames Prabhāsa’s unsurpassed status to motivate focused pilgrimage and hearing of its māhātmya.