Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
देव्युवाच । भक्तिदानविहीना ये प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः । स्नानमन्त्रविहीनाश्च वद तेषां तु किं फलम्
devyuvāca | bhaktidānavihīnā ye prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ | snānamantravihīnāśca vada teṣāṃ tu kiṃ phalam
พระเทวีตรัสว่า: “ผู้ใดมาสู่เขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์ปรภาสะโดยปราศจากภักติและทาน และยังอาบน้ำโดยไร้มันตระสำหรับสรงสนาน—จงบอกเถิดว่า เขาได้ผลอันใด?”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, with compassionate yet probing expression, questions Īśvara beside a sacred bathing place in Prabhāsa; pilgrims bathe in the background—some reverent, some casual—highlighting the contrast between mantra-led ritual and bare immersion.
FAQs
The verse highlights the concern that outer pilgrimage and bathing should be supported by devotion, charity, and sacred intention.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached as a potent pilgrimage center where inner and outer disciplines are discussed.
It references bhakti (devotion), dāna (charity), and mantra-supported snāna (ritual bathing with mantras).