Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
तत्रोत्सवः पुण्यतमो भविष्यति धरातले । तव नामांकितो दैत्य तेन त्वं वत्सरं सुखी
tatrotsavaḥ puṇyatamo bhaviṣyati dharātale | tava nāmāṃkito daitya tena tvaṃ vatsaraṃ sukhī
Perayaan di sana akan menjadi yang paling utama pahalanya di atas bumi. Dengan namamu tertera padanya, wahai Daitya, oleh sebab itu engkau akan berbahagia sepanjang setahun penuh.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Dīpa-pratipannā (name-marked mahotsava at Vastrāpatha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Daitya (Daityendra)
Scene: A proclamation scene: the festival is declared the most meritorious; banners bear the Daitya’s name; the community celebrates under lamp-lit arches, suggesting an annual cycle of happiness.
FAQs
Dharmic festivals generate exceptional puṇya, and even antagonistic figures in Purāṇic narratives are integrated into a moral order through sacred remembrance.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, where the ‘most meritorious’ festival is foretold.
The verse emphasizes the festival’s phala (result) and naming; the implied practice is participation in the utsava and its offerings.