Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
कथं प्रभासमासाद्य संस्थिता पापनाशिनी । माहात्म्यमखिलं तस्याः प्राच्याः पातकनाशनम् । कथयस्व महेशान यद्यहं ते प्रिया विभो
kathaṃ prabhāsamāsādya saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī | māhātmyamakhilaṃ tasyāḥ prācyāḥ pātakanāśanam | kathayasva maheśāna yadyahaṃ te priyā vibho
ପାପନାଶିନୀ ପ୍ରାଚୀ ପ୍ରଭାସକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଏଠାରେ କିପରି ସ୍ଥାପିତ ହେଲା? ସେହି ପାତକନାଶିନୀ ପ୍ରାଚୀର ସମଗ୍ର ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ କହନ୍ତୁ। ହେ ମହେଶାନ, ଯଦି ମୁଁ ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରିୟ, ହେ ବିଭୋ, ତେବେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରନ୍ତୁ।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prācī at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśāna (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, earnest and affectionate, folds hands and leans toward Maheśāna, asking how Prācī came to Prabhāsa; behind them, the Prabhāsa coastline and a sacred stream glinting, with subtle iconography of sin being washed away.
FAQs
Understanding a tīrtha’s origin and glory deepens faith; sacred places are portrayed as living powers that uproot sin.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the seat of Prācī, the sin-destroying sacred river/tīrtha.
No direct ritual; it is a request for the full māhātmya (authoritative account) of the tīrtha.