Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
एतास्तु मातरो देवि सुनंदागणनामतः । ख्यातिं यांति प्रभासे तु क्षेत्रेस्मिन्वरवर्णिनि
etāstu mātaro devi sunaṃdāgaṇanāmataḥ | khyātiṃ yāṃti prabhāse tu kṣetresminvaravarṇini
एतास्तु मातरः देवि सुनन्दागण-नामतः । प्रभासेऽस्मिन् पवित्रे क्षेत्रे ख्यातिं यान्ति वरवर्णिनि ॥
Unspecified (contextually within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sunandā-gaṇa locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi', 'varavarṇini')
Scene: A radiant assembly of Mothers identified as the Sunandā-gaṇa stands within Prabhāsa’s sacred precinct; pilgrims and sages speak of their fame as their aura spreads like sunlight across the kṣetra.
FAQs
Divine powers (the Mātṛs) are especially celebrated and accessible in a consecrated kṣetra; sacred geography amplifies devotional merit and divine presence.
Prabhāsa kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), a प्रमुख holy field praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it primarily states the kṣetra’s power to confer renown and prominence upon the divine Mothers.