Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
प्रत्यक्षं भास्करो यत्र सदा तिष्ठति भामिनि । तेन प्रभास नामेति प्रसिद्धिमगमत्क्षितौ
pratyakṣaṃ bhāskaro yatra sadā tiṣṭhati bhāmini | tena prabhāsa nāmeti prasiddhimagamatkṣitau
اے روشن چہرہ! جہاں بھاسکر (سورج) گویا براہِ راست حاضر رہتا اور ہمیشہ قائم ہے، اسی لیے ‘پربھاس’ کا نام زمین پر مشہور ہوا۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as bhāmini)
Scene: A brilliant sunrise over the sea at Prabhāsa; the Sun appears unusually close and steady, bathing pilgrims and the distant temple in golden light.
FAQs
Divine presence can be ‘seen’ through a place’s defining theophany—here, the ever-manifest Sun as a sign of sanctity.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, famed for the manifest presence of Bhāskara (Sūrya).
No explicit prescription appears in this verse.