Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
पाषाणाकृतयस्तत्र ऋषयोऽद्यापि संस्थिताः । दृश्यंते मानुषे देवि सर्वपातकनाशनाः
pāṣāṇākṛtayastatra ṛṣayo'dyāpi saṃsthitāḥ | dṛśyaṃte mānuṣe devi sarvapātakanāśanāḥ
Di sana, wahai Dewi, para ṛṣi yang berwujud arca batu masih tetap bersemayam hingga kini. Mereka terlihat di alam manusia dan melenyapkan segala dosa besar.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha / Ṛṣitoya-saṅgama (contextual)
Type: sangam
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa with weathered stone forms resembling seated sages; pilgrims behold them with folded hands, sensing their continuing presence and purifying power.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames sacred places as enduring witnesses of spiritual power—visible signs that inspire repentance and purification.
Ṛṣi-tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, marked by stone-formed sages.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes darśana of the sacred forms and the tīrtha’s power to destroy sins.