Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
युगानुरूपं यः कृत्वा रूपं लोकहिताय वै । धर्ममुद्धरते देवः स कथं क्षेत्रमाश्रितः
yugānurūpaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā rūpaṃ lokahitāya vai | dharmamuddharate devaḥ sa kathaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ
जो लोकहितासाठी युगानुरूप रूप धारण करून धर्माचा उद्धार करतो, तो देव एका क्षेत्रावर कसा अवलंबून राहील?
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / interlocutor in Prabhāsa māhātmya
Scene: A didactic tableau of the Lord shifting forms across yugas—majestic, serene transformations—while sages point to Prabhāsa as a chosen stage for dharma’s uplift, not a cage. Background shows a mandala-like map of tīrthas radiating outward.
FAQs
The Lord is the restorer of Dharma across ages and is not limited by place, even while sanctifying particular tīrthas like Prabhāsa.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the implied focus, as the verse questions how such a supreme Lord could be said to ‘reside’ in a particular kṣetra.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse is theological, framing the greatness of the kṣetra through the Lord’s universal sovereignty.