Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63
तेषामाद्यो निशानाथ प्रभासेऽहं व्यवस्थितः । कल्पेकल्पे निशानाथ मम नामांतरं भवेत्
teṣāmādyo niśānātha prabhāse'haṃ vyavasthitaḥ | kalpekalpe niśānātha mama nāmāṃtaraṃ bhavet
Dalam kalangan tīrtha itu, wahai Tuhan Malam, aku ditegakkan terlebih dahulu di Prabhāsa. Dan pada setiap kalpa, wahai Tuhan Malam, namaku menjadi berlainan.
Soma (Candra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nishānātha (Lord of Night) as directly addressed
Scene: A visionary hierarchy: Prabhāsa enthroned as the first tīrtha; a scroll of kalpas unfurling, with changing name-banners for the same divine presence across epochs.
FAQs
Divine manifestations are timeless yet adapt across cosmic cycles; Prabhāsa remains a stable sacred anchor even as names change with kalpas.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as the foremost seat where the speaker is established.
No explicit rite; the focus is on cosmic-time theology (kalpa) and the permanence of Prabhāsa’s sanctity.