Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
पुनस्ते कथयाम्यद्य यत्पृच्छसि वरानने । तद्ब्रूहि शीघ्रं कल्याणि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
punaste kathayāmyadya yatpṛcchasi varānane | tadbrūhi śīghraṃ kalyāṇi yatte manasi vartate
โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม วันนี้เราจะเล่าอีกครั้งตามที่เจ้าถามมา โอ้สตรีผู้เป็นมงคล จงกล่าวโดยเร็วเถิด ว่าในดวงใจเจ้ามีสิ่งใดอยู่
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution from the surrounding dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva turns toward Devī, inviting her to speak her question; an intimate, auspicious conversational pause before the revelation of Prabhāsa’s origin.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are transmitted through respectful inquiry; earnest questioning becomes the doorway to purifying, place-centered wisdom.
The verse serves as a lead-in to the glorification of Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), the famed sacred region of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the forthcoming māhātmya that typically culminates in tīrtha-yātrā, snāna, and devotion.