तस्मिन्कल्पे महादेवि गते संध्यांशके प्रिये । प्रथमस्य मनोश्चादौ देवि स्वायंभुवस्य हि
tasminkalpe mahādevi gate saṃdhyāṃśake priye | prathamasya manoścādau devi svāyaṃbhuvasya hi
அந்தக் கல்பத்தில், ஓ மகாதேவி—சந்த்யாப் பகுதி கடந்தபின், ஓ பிரியே—தேவி, ஸ்வாயம்புவன் எனும் முதல் மனுவின் தொடக்கத்தில்—
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Umā)
Scene: The narration continues: within the Vārāha Kalpa, after a twilight portion (saṃdhyāṃśa) had passed, the beginning of Svāyambhuva Manu’s era is indicated—an austere, chronological pivot.
Purāṇic teaching links sacred history to manvantaras and junction-times, portraying dharma as continuous across cosmic cycles.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya context; the verse itself sets chronology rather than naming a sub-tīrtha.
None; this verse functions as chronological preface.