Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अथोचुस्तं सुरगणा नारदाद्या महर्षयः । प्रभासं गच्छ देवेश क्षेत्रं पापहरं हि तत्
athocustaṃ suragaṇā nāradādyā maharṣayaḥ | prabhāsaṃ gaccha deveśa kṣetraṃ pāpaharaṃ hi tat
ထို့နောက် နတ်အစုအဝေးနှင့် နာရဒာတို့အစရှိသော မဟာရသီများက သူ့အား ပြောကြားလေ၏— «နတ်တို့၏အရှင်၊ ပရဘာသသို့ သွားလော့။ ထိုသန့်ရှင်းသော က్షೇತ್ರသည် အပြစ်ကို အမှန်တကယ် ဖယ်ရှားပေးသည်»။
Sages and Devas (Nārada and others) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary listener within the frame narrative; the verse reports speech by devas and ṛṣis to 'devendra/devēśa'.
Scene: A celestial assembly: devas and great ṛṣis led by Nārada address the afflicted lord of gods, pointing toward the western sacred field of Prabhāsa as the sin-destroying refuge.
FAQs
Divine and sage authority affirms tīrtha-yātrā as a dharmic remedy: Prabhāsa is praised as inherently sin-destroying.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly called “pāpahara” (remover of sins).
A direct prescription to undertake pilgrimage: “Go to Prabhāsa.”