Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्तेजः शातितं भूरि प्रभासे यत्पपात वै । तदभूत्किं तदा देव प्रभासात्कथयस्व मे
tattejaḥ śātitaṃ bhūri prabhāse yatpapāta vai | tadabhūtkiṃ tadā deva prabhāsātkathayasva me
ਉਹ ਮਹਾਨ ਤੇਜ, ਜੋ ਕੱਟ ਕੇ ਵੱਖ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ, ਜੋ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਿੱਗ ਪਿਆ—ਹੇ ਦੇਵ! ਉਹ ਤਦ ਕੀ ਬਣਿਆ? ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਕਹਿ ਸੁਣਾਓ।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devi points toward an imagined sacred shore/kshetra of Prabhāsa as luminous fragments descend like sparks; Shiva listens, poised to narrate the transformation of tejas into a sacred form/place.
FAQs
Inquiry into tīrtha-origins is itself devotional: understanding how divine power manifests in place deepens faith and pilgrimage intent.
Prabhāsa, highlighted as the landing-place of extraordinary divine tejas.
None; it requests the explanatory māhātmya narrative.