Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अर्कस्थलस्तथादित्यः प्रभासः शशिभूषणः । एते षट्प्रवरा देवाः क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके स्थिताः
arkasthalastathādityaḥ prabhāsaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ | ete ṣaṭpravarā devāḥ kṣetre prābhāsike sthitāḥ
Si Arkasthala at si Āditya, si Prabhāsa at si Śaśibhūṣaṇa—sila ang anim na pinakadakilang diyos na nakatatag sa banal na pook ng Prābhāsika (Prabhāsa).
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī and the audience of the māhātmya
Scene: A schematic sacred map rendered as a devotional scene: six shrines or icons within Prabhāsa—Arkasthala and Āditya as solar emblems, Prabhāsa as radiant presence, Śaśibhūṣaṇa as moon-crested Śiva aspect, alongside the previously mentioned Someśa and Pitāmaha—arranged like a mandala with pilgrims moving clockwise.
FAQs
A tirtha is a sacred network: multiple divine forms collectively sanctify the landscape and guide pilgrimage.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra), with its principal shrines/deities named.
No specific rite; the verse functions as a sacred directory of key deities for darśana in Prabhāsa.