Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवि सौरं तेजः प्रसर्प्पितम् । तेन पावित्र्यमानीतं क्षेत्रं द्वादशयोजनम्
etasminnantare devi sauraṃ tejaḥ prasarppitam | tena pāvitryamānītaṃ kṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanam
அந்த இடைவெளியில், தேவியே, சூரியத் தேஜஸ் பரவியது; அந்த ஒளியால் பன்னிரண்டு யோஜனை விரிந்த இக்க்ஷேத்திரம் புனிதமடைந்தது।
Śiva (deduced: addressing Devī in a māhātmya narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A vast coastal sacred field illuminated by a spreading solar aura; the radiance forms a luminous dome/mandala over Prabhāsa, indicating a twelve-yojana sanctified expanse.
FAQs
Divine presence—here expressed as the Sun’s radiance—consecrates a landscape and turns it into a field of merit (puṇya).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a vast sanctified region measured as twelve yojanas.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse establishes the sanctity and extent of the kṣetra as the basis for later rites and merits.