Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
तथा कथय मे देव दयां कृत्वा जगत्प्रभो । निर्वाणपरमं कल्पं सर्वभ्रांतिविवर्जितम् । प्रसिद्धं सुखदं दिव्यं समा चक्ष्व महेश्वर
tathā kathaya me deva dayāṃ kṛtvā jagatprabho | nirvāṇaparamaṃ kalpaṃ sarvabhrāṃtivivarjitam | prasiddhaṃ sukhadaṃ divyaṃ samā cakṣva maheśvara
Maka ceritakanlah kepadaku, wahai Tuhan—dengan belas kasihan, wahai Penguasa alam—tentang tata-aturan suci yang puncaknya ialah nirvāṇa, bebas daripada segala kekeliruan; termasyhur, membawa kebahagiaan, dan bersifat ilahi. Jelaskanlah sepenuhnya, wahai Maheśvara.
Pārvatī (Mahādevī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (context for the nirvāṇa-parama kalpa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Mahādevī implores Maheśvara for a famed, bliss-giving, divine ordinance leading to nirvāṇa; the air is still, as if awaiting a sacred teaching; Prabhāsa’s luminous atmosphere suggests the ‘prasiddha’ nature of the kalpa.
FAQs
True dharma is a clear, compassionate teaching that removes भ्रम (bhrānti, delusion) and culminates in nirvāṇa.
The verse introduces the forthcoming Prabhāsa tīrtha-network as the ‘renowned and divine’ means; the explicit sites are named in the subsequent verses.
No specific ritual is yet prescribed; the verse requests a complete description of the moksha-oriented ordinance.