Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन यदा प्रभासमागतः । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्वायुपुत्रो ममांशजः
tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāyuputro mamāṃśajaḥ
தீர்த்தயாத்திரைச் சந்தர்ப்பத்தில், மகாபாகுவான பீமசேனன்—வாயுபுத்திரனும் என் அंशத்திலிருந்து தோன்றியவனும்—பிரபாசத்திற்கு வந்தபோது।
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate next adhyāya opening and continuous māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (arrival context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Bhīmasena, mighty-armed, arrives at the luminous coastal Prabhāsa on pilgrimage, accompanied by brothers; the kṣetra appears as a sacred shoreline with shrines and ghāṭas.
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Holy places become spiritually potent narrative gateways: the devotee’s arrival at a tīrtha initiates grace-bearing events.
Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), the renowned coastal tīrtha celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No explicit rite is stated here; it sets the scene for later worship and tīrtha-related merit.