Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
दिगंतरं नभोभूमिरापो वायुर्विभावसुः । चंद्रसूर्यद्वयं ज्योतिर्युगेशः क्षणदातनुः
digaṃtaraṃ nabhobhūmirāpo vāyurvibhāvasuḥ | caṃdrasūryadvayaṃ jyotiryugeśaḥ kṣaṇadātanuḥ
तोच दिगंतांचा विस्तार, आकाश व पृथ्वी; तोच जल, वायू आणि प्रज्वलित अग्नी आहे। चंद्र-सूर्य युगुलाचे जे तेज, तेही तोच; तोच युगांचा ईश्वर—ज्याचे देह क्षणक्षण मोजल्या जाणाऱ्या काळरूप आहे।
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast cosmic theophany: the deity’s form dissolves into directions, sky and earth, waters, wind, fire; sun and moon shine as His eyes; time appears as a garland of instants around Him, with Prabhāsa’s seashore and Somnātha silhouette faintly below.
FAQs
The Lord pervades the cosmos as elements, luminaries, and time itself—affirming His all-encompassing divinity beyond locality.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the chapter’s setting; the verse supports its māhātmya by portraying the Lord’s cosmic nature.
No ritual instruction appears; it is a contemplative cosmological praise.