Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
कदाचिन्मृगयासक्तो बभ्राम स च वीर्यवान् । प्रभास क्षेत्रमागात्य पूर्वसंस्कारभावितः
kadācinmṛgayāsakto babhrāma sa ca vīryavān | prabhāsa kṣetramāgātya pūrvasaṃskārabhāvitaḥ
Pada suatu ketika, kerana terikat pada perburuan, lelaki perkasa itu merayau-rayau lalu tiba di kṣetra suci Prabhāsa, ditarik oleh daya saṃskāra—bekas kesan lampau.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A powerful hunter-king roaming with bow and retinue suddenly arrives at the luminous sacred field of Prabhāsa, as if guided by unseen past impressions; the landscape shifts from wild chase to holy shoreline/temple aura.
FAQs
Past merits and spiritual impressions can guide even distracted lives toward sacred places where transformation becomes possible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra itself—the famed tīrtha-region associated with Somnātha and Śiva’s presence.
None directly; the verse frames the pilgrim-arrival to Prabhāsa as the key spiritual turning point.