Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
पुरा कृष्णो महातेजा यदा प्रभासमागतः । सहितो यादवैः सर्वैः षट्पञ्चाशतिकोटिभिः
purā kṛṣṇo mahātejā yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | sahito yādavaiḥ sarvaiḥ ṣaṭpañcāśatikoṭibhiḥ
قدیم زمانے میں جب نہایت درخشاں کرشن پرَبھاس آئے تو وہ تمام یادَووں کے ساتھ تھے—جن کی تعداد چھپن کروڑ تھی۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating the origin story)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A vast procession of Yādavas with banners and chariots approaching the coastal Prabhāsa kṣetra; Kṛṣṇa radiant at the center, conch and discus motifs, sea and temple silhouettes; the enormity suggested by layered ranks rather than literal counting.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is anchored in divine history—Kṛṣṇa’s presence sanctifies Prabhāsa and frames the site’s significance.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, as the stage for the forthcoming Gopyāditya origin narrative.
None directly; it begins the narrative context for the tīrtha’s origin.