Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रयत्नेन श्रुत्वा चैवावधारय । प्रभासं परमं देवि क्षेत्रमेतन्मम प्रियम्
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi prayatnena śrutvā caivāvadhāraya | prabhāsaṃ paramaṃ devi kṣetrametanmama priyam
Wika ni Īśvara: “Makinig kang mabuti, O Devī, nang buong pagsisikap; at pagkarinig, itanim mo nang matatag sa puso. O Devī, ang Prabhāsa ang kataas-taasang banal na kṣetra—ang kṣetrang ito ay mahal sa Akin.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to listen with effort and remember; the backdrop reveals Prabhāsa as a luminous sacred landscape—shoreline, temple spires, and a central liṅga shrine—conveying ‘parama kṣetra’.
FAQs
Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that orients one toward pilgrimage and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, declared supreme and beloved of Śiva.
An implicit prescription of attentive śravaṇa and dhāraṇā (hearing and retaining sacred teaching).
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