Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
प्रयागं च प्रभासं च क्षेत्रं वै हाटकेश्वरम् । गंगाद्वारं शौकरं च गंगासागरसंगमम्
prayāgaṃ ca prabhāsaṃ ca kṣetraṃ vai hāṭakeśvaram | gaṃgādvāraṃ śaukaraṃ ca gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgamam
پریاگ اور پربھاس، ہاٹکیشور کا مقدس کھیتر؛ گنگادوار (ہریدوار)، شَوکر اور گنگا ساگر کا سنگم—یہ سب معروف مقدس مقامات ہیں۔
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual—Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse leading into Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (and Dvārakā context) with comparators: Prayāga, Gaṅgādvāra, Gaṅgāsāgara, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, Śaukara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A sacred map tableau: Prayāga’s triple confluence, Haridwar’s river-gate with pilgrims, Gaṅgāsāgara’s ocean meeting, and Prabhāsa’s coastal shrine; a Śiva-kṣetra labeled Hāṭakeśvara appears as a golden temple.
FAQs
The verse gathers famed pilgrimage-sites to frame a larger teaching: the Purāṇic tradition recognizes many tīrthas, yet their sanctity is ultimately unified through dharma, devotion, and divine presence.
Multiple tīrthas are listed—Prayāga, Prabhāsa, Gaṅgādvāra, and Gaṅgāsāgara—within the Dvārakā Māhātmya context that will later assert Dvārakā’s equal (or superior) merit.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a tīrtha-listing used to establish sacred geography and comparative merit.