Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
सप्तब्राह्मणविध्वंसपातकं ते समा गतम् । तस्माच्छीघ्रं व्रज मुने प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम्
saptabrāhmaṇavidhvaṃsapātakaṃ te samā gatam | tasmācchīghraṃ vraja mune prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam
“ஏழு பிராமணர்களை அழித்த பாவத்துக்கு ஒப்பான பாபம் உன்னை வந்தடைந்துள்ளது. ஆகவே, ஓ முனியே, விரைவாக உத்தமமான பிரபாசக் க்ஷேத்திரத்திற்குச் செல்.”
Brahmā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Brahmā gravely warns Nārada that a sin equal to destroying seven brāhmaṇas has accrued, and commands him to hasten to Prabhāsa, the supreme kṣetra; Nārada’s face shows shock and remorse.
FAQs
Even grave faults can be addressed through immediate repentance and turning toward a divinely empowered tīrtha.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly praised as the ‘supreme’ kṣetra for purification.
A pilgrimage (gamana) to Prabhāsa is prescribed as the urgent remedy.