Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
कथं सा पुरुषैः पूज्या प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिभिः । कस्मात्तत्र गता देवी कस्मिन्काले समागता । कस्मिन्दिने तु मासे तु तस्याः कार्यो महोत्सवः
kathaṃ sā puruṣaiḥ pūjyā prabhāsakṣetravāsibhiḥ | kasmāttatra gatā devī kasminkāle samāgatā | kasmindine tu māse tu tasyāḥ kāryo mahotsavaḥ
ชาวผู้พำนักในประภาสเกษตรควรบูชาเทวีพระองค์นั้นอย่างไร? ด้วยเหตุใดเทวีจึงเสด็จไปที่นั่น และเสด็จมาถึงเมื่อเวลาใด? และควรกระทำมหาเทศกาลของพระนางในวันใด เดือนใด?
Pārvatī / Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (and by extension Prabhāsa residents/pilgrims)
Scene: A devotee-community of Prabhāsa asks about the Devī’s worship, her arrival-cause, and the calendrical day/month for her grand festival; the scene is framed as a formal dharma-inquiry in a sacred coastal kṣetra.
FAQs
True devotion seeks right method and right time—worship is strengthened by understanding the deity’s story, place, and festival calendar.
Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically its local cultic focus around the (implied) Bhūtamātṛkā shrine.
It asks for the prescribed mode of worship and the calendrical details (month/day) for conducting the deity’s mahotsava.