Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
देव्युवाच । अस्मिन्कल्पे यथा जातं क्षेत्रं प्राभासिकं हर । तन्मे विस्तरतो ब्रूहि उत्पत्तिं कारणं तथा
devyuvāca | asminkalpe yathā jātaṃ kṣetraṃ prābhāsikaṃ hara | tanme vistarato brūhi utpattiṃ kāraṇaṃ tathā
เทวีตรัสว่า: โอ้หระ ในกัลป์นี้ กษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์ปราภาสิกะบังเกิดขึ้นอย่างไร? ขอท่านจงบอกแก่ข้าพเจ้าโดยพิสดาร ทั้งกำเนิดและเหตุปัจจัยด้วย
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prābhāsika/Prabhāsa Kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Hara/Śiva)
Scene: Devī formally speaks: asking Hara to narrate in detail how Prābhāsika Kṣetra arose in this kalpa—an earnest, focused moment before the mythic unfolding.
FAQs
The sanctity of a tīrtha is not accidental; it is rooted in cosmic causes and divine intention, worthy of careful hearing.
Prabhāsakṣetra (the Prābhāsika sacred region), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse requests the etiology of the kṣetra, which later supports pilgrimage and observance practices.