Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
अस्मिन्कल्पे तु यद्देवि आदावेव वरानने । स्वायंभुवे मनौ तत्र ब्रह्मणः सृजतः पुरा
asminkalpe tu yaddevi ādāveva varānane | svāyaṃbhuve manau tatra brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ purā
தேவி, இக்கல்பத்தின் தொடக்கத்திலேயே, வரானனே, ஸ்வாயம்புவ மனுவின் காலத்தில், பழங்காலத்தில் பிரம்மா படைப்பை நிகழ்த்திக் கொண்டிருந்தபோது।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Scene: A mythic prologue: Brahmā at the dawn of the kalpa, beginning creation; the Goddess addressed as witness to primordial events, with Prabhāsa implied as the sacred stage.
FAQs
Holy places are anchored in cosmic time; tīrtha-māhātmya is linked to creation narratives, giving sacred geography a universal scope.
Prabhāsakṣetra’s origin is being set within the creation-era chronology (Svāyambhuva Manu).
None; this verse establishes historical-cosmic context rather than a practice.