Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
देहावतारान्वक्ष्यामि प्रारंभात्प्रथमान्प्रिये । पञ्चमः पंचदश्यां स त्रेतायां तु बभूव ह
dehāvatārānvakṣyāmi prāraṃbhātprathamānpriye | pañcamaḥ paṃcadaśyāṃ sa tretāyāṃ tu babhūva ha
اے محبوبہ! میں ابتدا ہی سے جسمانی اوتاروں کا، یعنی اولین اوتاروں کا بیان کروں گا۔ پانچواں پندرھویں شمار میں ہوا، اور وہ یقیناً تریتا یُگ میں واقع ہوا۔
Unspecified (narrator introducing a list of Viṣṇu’s human/embodied avatāras)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A sequential frieze of Viṣṇu’s embodied descents begins to appear like panels on a temple wall; the narrator indicates ‘from the beginning,’ while Devī listens. A highlighted marker notes ‘the fifth’ and ‘in Tretā,’ suggesting a counted series.
FAQs
Avatāras are presented as purposeful interventions in history, restoring dharma in specific yugas.
The larger discourse is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; this verse is about avatāra enumeration rather than a single tīrtha.
None; the verse introduces a doctrinal-historical list.