Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तेन चागत्य क्षेत्रेस्मिन्पंचवर्षशतानि च । भैरवी पूजिता देवी व्याधिग्रस्तेन भामिनि
tena cāgatya kṣetresminpaṃcavarṣaśatāni ca | bhairavī pūjitā devī vyādhigrastena bhāmini
हे सुंदरी, रोगाने ग्रस्त झालेला तो येथे या क्षेत्रात येऊन पाचशे वर्षे देवी भैरवीची पूजा करीत राहिला.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairavī-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: O fair lady (bhāmini) addressed within the narration
Scene: A diseased king, worn yet resolute, remains in Prabhāsa for centuries, offering lamps, flowers, and water to Devī Bhairavī; the coastal shrine and pilgrims form a timeless backdrop, emphasizing endurance.
FAQs
Steady devotion performed in a sacred kṣetra is portrayed as powerful enough to draw divine grace even for one burdened by suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Devī-pūjā—worship of Goddess Bhairavī at the kṣetra (no specific items are detailed in this verse).