Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
क्षमावाननपत्यश्च सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । प्रभासक्षेत्रयात्रायामाजगाम स भूपतिः । यात्रां कुर्वन्विधानेन सावित्रीस्थलमागतः
kṣamāvānanapatyaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ | prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāmājagāma sa bhūpatiḥ | yātrāṃ kurvanvidhānena sāvitrīsthalamāgataḥ
அரசன் பொறுமையுடையவன், பிள்ளையில்லாதவன், சத்தியவான், இந்திரியங்களை அடக்கியவன். அவன் பிரபாசக் க்ஷேத்திர யாத்திரைக்கு புறப்பட்டு, விதிப்படி பயணம் செய்து ‘சாவித்ரீஸ்தலம்’ எனும் புனிதத் தலத்தை அடைந்தான்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Sāvitrī-sthala
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: King Aśvapati, austere and self-controlled, travels with a small retinue toward the coastal Prabhāsa; he arrives at Sāvitrī-sthala marked by a shrine near sacred waters, performing the journey ‘according to rule’.
FAQs
Inner discipline (truth, restraint, patience) culminates in outer dharma through tīrtha-yātrā performed with proper observance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Sāvitrī-sthala within it.
Pilgrimage should be done ‘vidhānena’—according to prescribed rules (proper conduct and ritual order).