Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
अभेद्यमच्छेद्यमनादिमक्षयं विधिं पुराणं परिपालयन्ति । महामतिस्तानभिपूज्य वै द्विजान्भवेदजेयो दिवि देवराडिव
abhedyamacchedyamanādimakṣayaṃ vidhiṃ purāṇaṃ paripālayanti | mahāmatistānabhipūjya vai dvijānbhavedajeyo divi devarāḍiva
அபேத்யம், அச்சேத்யம், அனாதி, அக்ஷயம் ஆகிய பழம்பெரும் விதியைப் பேணுவோர்—அந்த மகாமதி இருமுறைப் பிறந்தோரைக் (த்விஜரை) முறையாகப் பூஜித்து, விண்ணுலகில் தேவராஜன் இந்திரனைப் போல அஜேயனாவான்.
Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; likely Sūta relating the teaching)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-king in Prabhāsa offers pādya/arghya, cloth, and gold to seated Vedic brāhmaṇas beneath a sacred tree, while a luminous ‘akṣaya-vidhi’ scroll or mantra aura hovers; Indra’s silhouette in the heavens mirrors the promised unconquerability.
FAQs
Upholding timeless dharma and honoring the spiritually learned is said to confer invincibility and exalted status.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the contextual sacred landscape; the verse supports its Māhātmya by teaching the dharma expected at the tirtha.
Abhipūjā—formal honoring of dvijas (especially through hospitality, gifts, and respect) is implied as a dharmic practice.