Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
पुनश्चैव विनश्यन्ति विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति । तस्यापमानात्त्वं देवि देहं तत्यक्थ वै पुरा
punaścaiva vinaśyanti vidvāṃstatra na muhyati | tasyāpamānāttvaṃ devi dehaṃ tatyaktha vai purā
اور پھر وہ فنا ہو جاتے ہیں؛ دانا اس میں فریب نہیں کھاتا۔ اُس کی توہین کے سبب، اے دیوی، تم نے پہلے زمانے میں یقیناً اپنا جسم ترک کر دیا تھا۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Satī, composed yet sorrowful, turns away from Dakṣa’s sacrificial arena; the atmosphere is heavy with smoke and harsh words. A contrasting panel shows a serene sage embodying ‘the wise are not deluded’, while Satī’s yogic resolve culminates in abandoning the body.
FAQs
It links impermanence with discernment: the wise are not shaken by rise and fall, yet they uphold dharma by rejecting dishonor to the Divine.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the section’s sacred setting; this verse itself focuses on the Dakṣa–Satī episode rather than a named sub-tīrtha.
None is stated in this verse.