Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
एवंविधो महादेवि प्रभासे संव्यवस्थितः । आप्यतत्त्वात्समानीते मा ते भूत्संशयः क्वचित्
evaṃvidho mahādevi prabhāse saṃvyavasthitaḥ | āpyatattvātsamānīte mā te bhūtsaṃśayaḥ kvacit
हे महादेवी! अशा प्रकारे मी प्रभासात दृढपणे प्रतिष्ठित आहे. हे रूप आप्य (जल) तत्त्वातून प्रकट झाले आहे; म्हणून तुला कधीही संशय येऊ नये।
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva addressing Devī at Prabhāsa, with the sea or sacred waters nearby; the deity’s form steady and luminous; Devī listens as doubt is dispelled; water imagery (waves, tīrtha-ghāṭa, kumbha) underscores āpya-tattva.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctity is grounded in cosmic principles: the site is a deliberate manifestation within the elements, not a mere legend.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with reference to Śiva’s established presence and the site’s elemental (water) basis.
No explicit prescription; however, the mention of water-principle naturally supports tīrtha practices like snāna in the broader māhātmya setting.