Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
देव्युवाच । किमर्थं सा परित्यज्य सती त्वां तपसि स्थिता । कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थिता देवी एतन्मे विस्तराद्वद
devyuvāca | kimarthaṃ sā parityajya satī tvāṃ tapasi sthitā | kasminsthāne sthitā devī etanme vistarādvada
देवी म्हणाली— सतीने कोणत्या कारणाने तुला सोडून तपश्चर्येत स्थिती घेतली? ती देवी कोणत्या स्थानी स्थिर झाली? हे मला सविस्तर सांग।
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (specific sthāna queried)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śiva
Scene: The Goddess, poised and radiant, questions Īśvara with earnest intensity—asking both the reason and the exact sacred spot where Satī stood in austerity; the background hints at Prabhāsa’s coastal sanctity.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through sacred narratives: inquiry into Devī’s tapas reveals dharma, purpose, and the glory of the kṣetra.
Prabhāsakṣetra is being prepared as the setting for Devī’s austerity and Śiva-related worship.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces a detailed account of Devī’s tapas connected to the kṣetra.