Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
तपस्तप्यन्ति मुनयः कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिकम् । गत्वा प्राभासिकं क्षेत्रं लोकाश्चान्ये कृते युगे
tapastapyanti munayaḥ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādikam | gatvā prābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ lokāścānye kṛte yuge
Pada Kṛta Yuga, para muni menekuni tapa—seperti nazar Kṛcchra dan Cāndrāyaṇa—dan orang lain juga, setelah pergi ke kṣetra suci Prābhāsa, turut melaksanakan tapa demikian.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages with matted hair and bark garments arrive at Prabhāsa’s shore/temple precinct and begin Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa observances—measured meals, lunar-diet symbolism, and meditative austerity.
FAQs
In earlier yugas, rigorous tapas and strict vows were central means of dharma, especially when undertaken in a sanctified tīrtha like Prabhāsa.
Prābhāsika kṣetra—Prabhāsa, the famed sacred region on the western seacoast of Bhārata.
Performance of penitential vows such as Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa as forms of tapas.