Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य तीर्थजालं सविस्तरम् । प्रभासस्यैव माहात्म्यं कथयस्व सुरेश्वर
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya tīrthajālaṃ savistaram | prabhāsasyaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva sureśvara
म्हणून तीर्थांचे ते विस्तृत जाळे बाजूला ठेवून, हे सुरेश्वर, केवळ प्रभासाचे माहात्म्य मला कथन करा.
Pārvatī (Devī) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devotee urges the divine teacher: ‘Leave aside the vast net of tīrthas; narrate only Prabhāsa’s greatness.’ The scene is a concentrated guru-śiṣya moment.
FAQs
The Purāṇic path emphasizes śravaṇa (hearing) and single-minded reverence for the highest kṣetra rather than scattered curiosity.
Prabhāsa is explicitly singled out as the subject of māhātmya.
No explicit ritual; the prescription is narrative devotion—requesting and hearing the māhātmya of Prabhāsa.