Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
अथासौ भ्रममाणस्तु तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । संप्राप्तो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम्
athāsau bhramamāṇastu tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | saṃprāpto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam
பின்னர் அவன் தீர்த்தங்களும் தெய்வ ஆலயங்களும் சுற்றித் திரிந்து—ஓ பிராமணச் சிறந்தோர்களே—பிரபாசம் எனும் மிகச் சிறந்த க்ஷேத்திரத்தை அடைந்தான்।
Narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as ‘brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭhāḥ’)
Scene: A pilgrim Moon-god arrives at the luminous coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa: temples and shrines rise near the sea/river-mouth, flags flutter, brāhmaṇas welcome him; the air feels charged with sanctity.
FAQs
Persistent pilgrimage to tīrthas culminates in reaching a divinely charged kṣetra where grace and transformation become accessible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly named as the ‘uttama kṣetra’ (supreme sacred region).
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes tīrtha-yātrā and arrival at Prabhāsa.
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