Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
वक्ष्यंति सततं हृष्टास्तेषां धनगृहादिषु । आरामे चैव गोष्ठे च मा विशेथाः कथंचन
vakṣyaṃti satataṃ hṛṣṭāsteṣāṃ dhanagṛhādiṣu | ārāme caiva goṣṭhe ca mā viśethāḥ kathaṃcana
وہ ہمیشہ خوشی سے اپنے خزانے، گھر اور اسی طرح کی چیزوں کا ذکر کرتے رہیں گے۔ کسی بھی حالت میں ان کے باغیچوں یا گؤشالاؤں میں ہرگز داخل نہ ہونا۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context continuing into Devyuvāca/Īśvara uvāca sequence)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim group pauses at the edge of a wealthy man’s garden and cattle-shed; the leader gestures ‘do not enter,’ while the householder speaks excitedly about his treasury and mansion; the pilgrims turn back toward the temple road.
FAQs
Maintain disciplined conduct and avoid places associated with potentially harmful influences; restraint is itself protective dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) as part of the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed here; it gives a behavioral prohibition—do not enter certain places (garden, cowshed) linked with those beings.