Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
आदिक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं रहस्यं पापनाशनम् । कथयिष्ये वरारोहे तव स्नेहेन भामिनि
ādikṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam | kathayiṣye varārohe tava snehena bhāmini
โอ้สตรีผู้สูงศักดิ์ เราจักบอกมหิมาแห่งอาทิกษेत्रนั้น—ความลับอันเร้นลึก ผู้ทำลายบาป—แก่เจ้า โอ้หญิงงาม ด้วยความเอ็นดูต่อเจ้า
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ādi-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, moved by affection, promises to reveal the secret greatness of the primordial kṣetra that destroys sins; the atmosphere becomes intimate and esoteric, as if a veil is lifted.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s glory is both ‘rahasya’ (inner meaning) and ‘pāpa-nāśana’ (sin-destroying); divine compassion makes sacred knowledge accessible.
The ‘Ādikṣetra’ identified in this section with Prabhāsakṣetra’s primordial sanctity.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on receiving the māhātmya as a purificatory spiritual act.