Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
कथं तुष्यसि मर्त्यानां क्षेत्रे तत्र विचेतसाम् । जप्तं दत्तं हुतं यष्टं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् । प्रभासे तु महाक्षेत्रे कस्मात्तत्राक्षयं भवेत्
kathaṃ tuṣyasi martyānāṃ kṣetre tatra vicetasām | japtaṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ yaṣṭaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat | prabhāse tu mahākṣetre kasmāttatrākṣayaṃ bhavet
அந்த க்ஷேத்திரத்தில் மனம் சிதறிய மனிதர்களிடத்திலும் நீர் எவ்வாறு திருப்தியடைகிறீர்? மேலும் பிரபாசம் எனும் மகாக்ஷேத்திரத்தில் ஜபம், தானம், ஹோமம், யாகம், தவம் மற்றும் செய்யப்படும் எதுவும் ஏன் அங்கே அக்ஷயமாகிறது?
Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī asks a profound question: why Śiva is pleased even with distracted mortals in Prabhāsa, and why all rites there become imperishable; symbolic imagery of offerings, japa beads, fire altar, and ascetic practice surrounding the kṣetra.
FAQs
Certain supreme kṣetras magnify merit; the verse asks for the theological basis of ‘akṣaya’ fruit at Prabhāsa.
Prabhāsa is called a mahākṣetra where spiritual acts yield imperishable results.
Japa, dāna, homa, yajña, and tapas are listed as acts whose fruit becomes akṣaya in Prabhāsa.