Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
आदिक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं रहस्यं पापनाशनम् । कथयिष्ये वरारोहे तव स्नेहेन भामिनि
ādikṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam | kathayiṣye varārohe tava snehena bhāmini
اے بلند مرتبہ خاتون! میں اس آدی کشتَر کی عظمت—اس کا پوشیدہ راز، گناہوں کو مٹانے والا—تمہیں سناؤں گا، اے نازنین، تم سے محبت کے باعث۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ādi-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, moved by affection, promises to reveal the secret greatness of the primordial kṣetra that destroys sins; the atmosphere becomes intimate and esoteric, as if a veil is lifted.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s glory is both ‘rahasya’ (inner meaning) and ‘pāpa-nāśana’ (sin-destroying); divine compassion makes sacred knowledge accessible.
The ‘Ādikṣetra’ identified in this section with Prabhāsakṣetra’s primordial sanctity.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on receiving the māhātmya as a purificatory spiritual act.