Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
कथं स पूज्यो देवेश यात्रा कार्या कथं नृभिः । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि प्रसन्नो यदि मे प्रभो
kathaṃ sa pūjyo deveśa yātrā kāryā kathaṃ nṛbhiḥ | etadvistarato brūhi prasanno yadi me prabho
தேவேசரே! அவரை எவ்வாறு வழிபட வேண்டும்? மனிதர்கள் யாத்திரையை எவ்வாறு மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்? பிரபுவே, நீங்கள் அருள்புரிந்தால் இதை விரிவாகச் சொல்லுங்கள்।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, with folded hands, asks Īśvara the detailed method of worship and the proper way to undertake the Prabhāsa pilgrimage; a sacred coastal tīrtha atmosphere implied.
FAQs
Right practice matters: pilgrimage gains full power when joined with correct worship and informed observance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the setting, with focus turning to the worship of Pitāmaha (Brahmā) there.
A request for pūjā-vidhi and yātrā-vidhi (how to worship and how to perform the pilgrimage), to be explained in subsequent verses.