Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107
अस्मिन्प्राभासिकः सर्वो वर्ण्यते क्षेत्रविस्तरः । तीर्थानां चैव माहात्म्यं माहात्म्यं शंकरस्य च
asminprābhāsikaḥ sarvo varṇyate kṣetravistaraḥ | tīrthānāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ māhātmyaṃ śaṃkarasya ca
اس پرابھاسک حصّے میں مقدّس کَشیتَر کا پورا پھیلاؤ بیان کیا گیا ہے؛ تیرتھوں کی عظمت اور شنکر (شیو) کی عظمت بھی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (overview)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ (twice-born; addressed audience)
Scene: A narrator introduces the Prabhāsa section: a sweeping ‘map-like’ vision of the kṣetra with many tīrthas, while Śaṅkara’s presence presides over the landscape.
FAQs
A holy place is not merely geography—its tīrthas and the presiding deity’s grace together form the path of merit and uplift.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra in general; the verse announces that its network of tīrthas will be glorified.
No explicit prescription here; it sets the scope for upcoming tīrtha descriptions (typically involving snāna, dāna, and darśana).