Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
येनेदं विहितं शास्त्रं प्रभासक्षेत्रदीपकम् । स शिवश्चैव विज्ञेयो मानुषीं प्रकृतिं स्थितः
yenedaṃ vihitaṃ śāstraṃ prabhāsakṣetradīpakam | sa śivaścaiva vijñeyo mānuṣīṃ prakṛtiṃ sthitaḥ
இந்த ‘பிரபாச-க்ஷேத்திர-தீபகம்’ எனும் சாஸ்திரத்தை யார் இயற்றினாரோ, அவர் மனித இயல்பில் இருந்தாலும் சிவனே என்று அறிய வேண்டும்।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A human sage-author writes the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-dīpaka’ while Śiva’s aura subtly overlays him, indicating identity-in-essence; a lamp motif radiates over a map-like vision of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
A true revealer of tīrtha-māhātmya is seen as divinely empowered, even if appearing human.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; the verse establishes the sanctity and authority of the teaching itself.