Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
लवणाद्याः समुद्राश्च प्रभासाद्याश्च तीर्थकाः । पृथिवी द्यौर्दिशश्चैव पादपाः पार्वतास्तथा
lavaṇādyāḥ samudrāśca prabhāsādyāśca tīrthakāḥ | pṛthivī dyaurdiśaścaiva pādapāḥ pārvatāstathā
มหาสมุทรทั้งหลายเริ่มแต่สมุทรเค็ม และทิรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์เริ่มแต่ประภาสะ; ปฐพีและสวรรค์ ทิศทั้งหลายด้วย; พร้อมทั้งพฤกษาและขุนเขา—ล้วนมาประชุมเพื่อถวายเกียรติแด่คุหะ
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand panorama: the oceans (beginning with the salt sea) as mighty deities, Prabhāsa and other tīrthas as radiant personified shrines, Earth and Heaven as vast crowned figures, the Directions as guardian deities, with forests and mountains forming a living mandala around the central reverence to Guha.
FAQs
All of sacred geography and the cosmos are portrayed as participating in the glorification of Guha—devotion unites heaven, earth, and tīrthas in dharma.
Prabhāsa is explicitly named, a famed tīrtha repeatedly celebrated in Purāṇic sacred geography.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it sets the scene of universal attendance in honor of Guha.