Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121
जन्मप्रभृति यो देवि श्रवणाभ्यां विवर्जितः । प्रभासे निधनं प्राप्तः स भवेन्मत्परिग्रहः
janmaprabhṛti yo devi śravaṇābhyāṃ vivarjitaḥ | prabhāse nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ sa bhavenmatparigrahaḥ
హే దేవి, జన్మనుండి రెండు చెవుల శ్రవణశక్తి లేనివాడు—ప్రభాసంలో మరణాన్ని పొందితే—అతడు నా పరిగ్రహం, నా ఆశ్రయంలో స్వీకరింపబడతాడు.
Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A deaf-from-birth devotee at Prabhāsa; though unable to hear hymns, he worships through sight and gesture; at death, Śiva’s attendants receive him as ‘mine’—a scene of belonging and protection.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is portrayed as a place of direct divine acceptance: Śiva personally ‘takes’ the devotee (or resident) who dies there.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakhaṇḍa.
No ritual instruction; it is a promise of Śiva’s protection connected to the place of death.