Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । प्रभासं तात मे ब्रूहि कथं जातं महाफलम् । स्वर्गसोपानदं दृश्यं संक्षेपात्कथयस्व मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | prabhāsaṃ tāta me brūhi kathaṃ jātaṃ mahāphalam | svargasopānadaṃ dṛśyaṃ saṃkṣepātkathayasva me
یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا: اے پتا جی، مجھے پربھاس کے بارے میں بتائیے—یہ کیسے اتنا عظیم پھل دینے والا بنا؟ یہ جو ظاہر میں ‘جنت کی سیڑھی عطا کرنے والا’ ہے، اسے مختصر طور پر مجھے سمجھا دیجیے۔
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as ‘tāta’/fatherly sage)
Scene: A royal inquirer (Yudhiṣṭhira) respectfully questions a sage-father figure about the mysterious, heaven-leading power of Prabhāsa; the scene frames the opening of a tīrtha-māhātmya narration.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through their origin-stories (māhātmya), which reveal why their merit is considered extraordinary.
Prabhāsa (connected with Prabhāseśvara) is the focus of inquiry.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse initiates a request for the tīrtha’s condensed māhātmya narration.