Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
सेवितं चर्षिभिः सिद्धैर्यक्षविद्याधरोरगैः । तस्य सीमां प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णुक्षेत्रस्य भामिनि
sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhairyakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ | tasya sīmāṃ pravakṣyāmi viṣṇukṣetrasya bhāmini
ரிஷிகள், சித்தர்கள், யக்ஷர்கள், வித்யாதரர்கள், நாகர்கள் ஆகியோரால் சேவிக்கப்பட்டு வணங்கப்படும்—ஒளிமிகு அம்மையே! இப்போது அந்த விஷ்ணு-க்ஷேத்திரத்தின் எல்லையை நான் உரைக்கிறேன்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Viṣṇu-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāminī (a ‘radiant lady’ interlocutor)
Scene: A narrator addresses a radiant lady, describing Prabhāsa as thronged by ṛṣis and siddhas, with yakṣas, vidyādharas, and nāgas in attendance, as the sacred boundary is about to be proclaimed.
FAQs
A kṣetra’s sanctity is affirmed by its continual veneration by divine and semi-divine beings, and by its clearly taught sacred boundaries.
The Viṣṇu-kṣetra associated with Daityasūdana within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose sīmā (boundary) is about to be described.
No specific rite; it introduces a pilgrimage-style boundary description (kṣetra-sīmā) for proper sacred orientation.