Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
भूतेश भगवान्विष्णुर्दैत्यानामन्तकाग्रणीः । स कस्माद्द्वारकां हित्वा प्रभासक्षेत्रमाश्रितः
bhūteśa bhagavānviṣṇurdaityānāmantakāgraṇīḥ | sa kasmāddvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ
हे भूतेश! दैत्यांचा संहार करणारे अग्रणी भगवान विष्णू यांनी द्वारका सोडून प्रभास-क्षेत्राचा आश्रय का घेतला?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (in contrast to Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A questioning scene: the speaker addresses the Lord of beings, asking why Viṣṇu—slayer of Daityas—left Dvārakā and resorted to Prabhāsa; the imagery can foreshadow the coastal tīrtha and the transition from royal city to sacred field.
FAQs
Even the supreme protector (Viṣṇu) honors the divine timing and sanctity of kṣetras; holy places are stages where cosmic purposes unfold.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is foregrounded as significant enough to draw Viṣṇu away from Dvārakā.
None; it is a theological question that motivates the forthcoming māhātmya explanation.