Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ईश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा तु तदा देवी तत्रैवांतर्हिताऽभवत् । प्रभासक्षेत्रमध्यस्थः स राजातुलविक्रमः
īśvara uvāca | ityuktvā tu tadā devī tatraivāṃtarhitā'bhavat | prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthaḥ sa rājātulavikramaḥ
ଈଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ଏପରି କହି ସେ ଦେବୀ ସେଠାରେଇ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଧାନ ହେଲେ। ଏବଂ ଅତୁଲ ବିକ୍ରମଶାଳୀ ସେ ରାଜା ପ୍ରଭାସକ୍ଷେତ୍ରର ମଧ୍ୟଭାଗରେ ହିଁ ରହିଲେ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic interlocutor(s) in the larger frame; immediate narrative focus on the king
Scene: The Goddess, after speaking, dissolves into light and vanishes; the king stands in awe at the center of Prabhāsa, the landscape holding a charged stillness.
FAQs
Divine instruction is followed by divine withdrawal; the seeker remains anchored in the tīrtha, where the teaching is to be lived.
Prabhāsakṣetra, explicitly named as the central setting of the event.
No new ritual is prescribed here; it transitions from Devī’s instruction to the narrative continuation under Śiva’s narration.
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