Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अस्य क्षेत्रस्य मध्ये तु रवियोजनमध्यतः । उपक्षेत्राणि देवेशि संत्यन्यानि सहस्रशः
asya kṣetrasya madhye tu raviyojanamadhyataḥ | upakṣetrāṇi deveśi saṃtyanyāni sahasraśaḥ
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Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (central ravi-yojana zone)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśī
Scene: A map-like sacred mandala of Prabhāsa: a central luminous zone with countless small shrine-markers radiating within a measured circle; the narrator addresses Deveśī while indicating the region’s inner expanse.
FAQs
A great tīrtha is not a single point but a sacred landscape with many spiritually charged sub-sites supporting pilgrimage and practice.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a vast pilgrimage complex with innumerable upakṣetras.
No ritual instruction; it provides a sacred-geographical description to guide pilgrimage understanding.