Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अथ वच्मि तृतीयां ते ज्ञानशक्तिं शिवात्मिकाम् । प्रभासक्षेत्रमध्यस्थां दारिद्र्यौघविनाशिनीम्
īśvara uvāca | atha vacmi tṛtīyāṃ te jñānaśaktiṃ śivātmikām | prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthāṃ dāridryaughavināśinīm
ईश्वर म्हणाले—आता मी तुला तिसरी शक्ती, शिवात्मिका ज्ञानशक्ती सांगतो; ती प्रभासक्षेत्राच्या मध्यभागी स्थित असून दारिद्र्याच्या प्रवाहांचा नाश करणारी आहे।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Jñānaśakti (Śivātmikā) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra-madhya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified (frame listener within Prabhāsa-māhātmya)
Scene: Īśvara speaks, revealing a radiant feminine Jñānaśakti seated or standing at the mandala-center of Prabhāsa; light emanates like a lamp-flame, dispelling darkness symbolizing poverty and ignorance.
FAQs
Knowledge aligned with Śiva (jñānaśakti) is portrayed as a sacred power that transforms life—removing poverty and inner limitation.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, described as the seat of a Śiva-formed jñānaśakti.
No explicit ritual appears in this verse; it introduces a māhātmya of a śakti residing in the kṣetra.