Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
तेन तत्प्राप दुष्प्राप्यमैश्वर्य्यमकृता त्मभिः । स एवं वर्त्तते चन्द्रश्चात्रेय इति विश्रुतः
tena tatprāpa duṣprāpyamaiśvaryyamakṛtā tmabhiḥ | sa evaṃ varttate candraścātreya iti viśrutaḥ
اسی پُنّیہ کرم کے اثر سے اس نے وہ سلطنت و اقتدار پایا جو بےضبط لوگوں کے لیے دشوار الحصول ہے۔ یوں چاند اسی حال میں قائم ہے، اور روایت میں ‘چاتریہ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue flow)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Soma/Candra enthroned in the night sky, serene and sovereign, with a subtle mark of identity; below, Prabhāsa shoreline and temple silhouette; the contrast between disciplined radiance and the shadowy undisciplined is implied.
FAQs
True prosperity and lasting stature arise from merit and self-discipline, not from an unrefined life.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as the place whose merit can confer even ‘hard-to-attain’ aiśvarya.
The verse implies attainment through the prior sacred observance/bath; no new separate ritual is specified here.