Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118
नेत्राण्युत्पाद्य देवस्य कृत्वा च तिलकक्रियाम् । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पाताले च विशेषतः
netrāṇyutpādya devasya kṛtvā ca tilakakriyām | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni pātāle ca viśeṣataḥ
ครั้นประกอบพิธีเบิกเนตรแห่งเทวรูป และทำพิธีติลกะให้เสร็จสิ้นแล้ว ตีรถะทั้งหลายบนแผ่นดิน—โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งในปาตาละ—ก็ปรากฏมารวมอยู่ในกาลนั้น
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra as sarva-tīrtha at consecration moment
Type: kshetra
Scene: The dramatic netronmīlana: the deity’s eyes are ritually revealed/painted; tilaka is applied. Around, subtle personifications of tīrthas rise—river goddesses, subterranean nāga-linked waters—converging toward the sanctum.
FAQs
When the deity is properly consecrated, the whole sacred cosmos responds—tīrthas converge where dharma is enacted.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a locus where tīrthas from multiple realms become accessible.
Netra-utpādana (eye-opening) of the deity and the tilaka/anointing ceremony as part of consecration.