Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि क्षेत्रं वस्त्रापथं पुनः । यत्प्रभासस्य सर्वस्वं क्षेत्रं नाभिः प्रियं मम
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ punaḥ | yatprabhāsasya sarvasvaṃ kṣetraṃ nābhiḥ priyaṃ mama
Īśvara disse: “Então, ó Grande Deusa, deve-se ir novamente ao kṣetra sagrado chamado Vastrāpatha—o coração e o tesouro de Prabhāsa, querido para mim como o meu próprio umbigo (centro).”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) addresses Devī with a guiding gesture toward a luminous map-like vision of Prabhāsa, with Vastrāpatha glowing at the center like a navel-lotus.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as moving toward the spiritual ‘center’—a kṣetra especially beloved to Śiva and therefore supremely meritorious.
Vastrāpatha Kṣetra, presented as the core sanctuary within the broader Prabhāsa region.
A direct instruction to go (gacchet) on pilgrimage to Vastrāpatha Kṣetra.