Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
अन्यत्र क्वापि गच्छ त्वं यत्र तेऽभिमतं शुभे । आहैवमुक्ते सा देवी नरं नगशिरःस्थितम्
anyatra kvāpi gaccha tvaṃ yatra te'bhimataṃ śubhe | āhaivamukte sā devī naraṃ nagaśiraḥsthitam
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Narrator (with Sarasvatī preparing to respond)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (redirective episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern yet auspicious guardian atop the mountain gestures outward toward distant lands; Sarasvatī, poised below, responds—her river-form curling like a question mark, indicating reply and resolve.
FAQs
Dharma is clarified through dialogue—when challenged, the righteous intention is articulated rather than abandoned.
The episode unfolds within the sanctified landscape of Prabhāsakṣetra.
No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on movement and access (mārga) within sacred terrain.