Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
सरस्वतीजले स्नातं प्रभासे ध्यानतत्परम् । दृष्ट्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य साष्टांगं तं प्रणम्य च । उपविष्टो नृपो भूमौ प्रांजलिः सञ्जितेन्द्रियः
sarasvatījale snātaṃ prabhāse dhyānatatparam | dṛṣṭvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya sāṣṭāṃgaṃ taṃ praṇamya ca | upaviṣṭo nṛpo bhūmau prāṃjaliḥ sañjitendriyaḥ
Melihat beliau—yang telah mandi di air Sungai Sarasvatī di Prabhāsa dan sepenuhnya tekun dalam meditasi—raja mengelilinginya, bersujud dengan sujud lapan anggota, lalu duduk di tanah dengan tangan dirapatkan, mengekang pancaindera.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Sarasvatī-jala at Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience/śaunaka-ādi or kingly interlocutor (sectional frame)
Scene: On the sandy sacred expanse of Prabhāsa near calm waters, a meditating sage sits absorbed after bathing; a crowned king approaches, circles him reverently, performs full prostration, then sits on the earth with folded hands, eyes lowered, senses restrained.
FAQs
True authority is approached through humility: reverence to a meditative sage and self-restraint prepare one to receive dharmic truth.
Prabhāsa is explicitly named, along with the Sarasvatī waters—framing the locale as a powerful tīrtha for purification and contemplation.
Snāna (sacred bathing), pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), and sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma (full prostration) are described as acts of reverence.