Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
प्रहस्त उवाच । राक्षसेश महाबाहो शिवक्षेत्रं निजं प्रभो । प्रभासेति समाख्यातं गणगन्धर्वसेवितम्
prahasta uvāca | rākṣaseśa mahābāho śivakṣetraṃ nijaṃ prabho | prabhāseti samākhyātaṃ gaṇagandharvasevitam
ပရဟတ္တက ပြောသည်— «ရက္ခသအရှင် မဟာဗာဟု၊ အရှင်ဘုရား၊ ဤနေရာသည် သီဝ၏ ကိုယ်ပိုင် သန့်ရှင်းသော က္ရှೇತ್ರ ဖြစ်၏။ ‘ပရဘာသ’ ဟု ထင်ရှား၍ သီဝ၏ ဂဏများနှင့် ဂန္ဓဗ္ဗများက ဆည်းကပ်ပူဇော်နေကြ၏»။
Prahasta
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rākṣaseśa
Scene: Prahasta proclaims before the rākṣasa-lord: ‘This is Prabhāsa, Śiva’s own kṣetra,’ while ethereal gaṇas and gandharvas appear in the air, indicating perpetual attendance.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is defined by divine ownership—Prabhāsa is proclaimed as Śiva’s own realm, worthy of reverence.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named and praised as Śiva’s sacred domain.
No explicit prescription; the verse establishes the site’s identity and sanctity.