Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अनुग्रहार्थं शापस्य सांबो जांबवतीसुतः । प्रसन्नवदनो भूत्वा विष्णुः प्रोवाच तं प्रति
anugrahārthaṃ śāpasya sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ | prasannavadano bhūtvā viṣṇuḥ provāca taṃ prati
शापानुग्रहार्थं जांबवतीसुतं सांबं प्रति; प्रसन्नवदनो विष्णुः तं प्रति प्रोवाच।
Narrator (introducing Viṣṇu’s instruction to Sāmba)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as prescribed remedy)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Viṣṇu, serene and smiling, turns toward the penitent Sāmba and begins to speak, offering a path to relief from the curse.
FAQs
Divine grace responds to sincere seeking; the Lord guides the devotee toward the proper sacred remedy.
The guidance will point toward Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the famed field of sacred resolution.
No specific rite is detailed here; the verse introduces Viṣṇu’s forthcoming instruction.