Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
एवमुक्ते तदा देवाः प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः । तत्र ते विबुधा जग्मुर्यत्र तप्तोदकाधिपः
evamukte tadā devāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ | tatra te vibudhā jagmuryatra taptodakādhipaḥ
இவ்வாறு சொல்லப்பட்டதும் தேவர்கள் புனிதமான பிரபாசக் க்ஷேத்திரத்துக்கு வந்தனர். அங்கே அந்த விபுதர்கள் தப்தோதகத்தின் அதிபதி பகவான் உறையும் இடத்திற்குச் சென்றனர்.
Narrator (continuing the account after Rudra’s instruction)
Tirtha: Taptodaka (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Scene: A procession of devas arrives at the luminous coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa and proceeds toward a sanctified hot-water tīrtha (Taptodaka), where a presiding lord is envisioned enthroned near steaming waters.
FAQs
Right action in crisis includes turning toward sanctified space and its presiding divinity—pilgrimage becomes a dharmic movement toward restoration.
Prabhāsakṣetra and the Taptodaka site (Taptodakādhipa/Taptodaka Kuṇḍa) within its sacred landscape.
The text depicts pilgrimage/approach to the tirtha; no explicit rite is described in this verse.