Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
त्रयो वर्णास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रैविद्यं पाठकास्त्रयः । त्रैकाल्यं त्रीणि कर्माणि त्रयो देवास्त्रयो गुणाः । सृष्टं येन पुरा देवः स कथं क्षेत्रमाश्रितः
trayo varṇāstrayo lokāstraividyaṃ pāṭhakāstrayaḥ | traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi trayo devāstrayo guṇāḥ | sṛṣṭaṃ yena purā devaḥ sa kathaṃ kṣetramāśritaḥ
Tuhan yang sejak dahulu menetapkan segala triad—tiga varṇa, tiga loka, tri-vidyā Veda beserta tiga pembacanya, tiga masa, tiga upacara, tiga dewa, dan tiga guṇa—bagaimana mungkin Sang Pencipta itu dikatakan bergantung pada satu wilayah suci sahaja?
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages / interlocutor
Scene: A grand cosmological diagram rendered as living imagery: three worlds stacked, three guṇas as colored streams, three times as a wheel, Vedic triad as three flames, while the Lord stands beyond them, and Prabhāsa appears as a luminous coastal node where sages contemplate these triads.
FAQs
The Lord who structures the cosmos and Dharma is beyond limitation; sacred places magnify devotion but do not contain Him.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha, approached through a rhetorical question about divine ‘residence’ there.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse uses cosmological triads to emphasize the Lord’s supremacy in the Prabhāsa narrative.