Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततः शांतमना भूत्वा चंद्रमा विस्मयान्वितः । शंभुभक्त्या परीतात्मा प्रभासक्षेत्रमास्थितः
īśvara uvāca | tataḥ śāṃtamanā bhūtvā caṃdramā vismayānvitaḥ | śaṃbhubhaktyā parītātmā prabhāsakṣetramāsthitaḥ
ایشور نے فرمایا: پھر چندرما دل میں سکون پا کر، حیرت سے بھر گیا؛ شَمبھو کی بھکتی سے اس کا باطن سرشار ہوا، اور وہ پربھاس کے مقدس کھیتر میں جا ٹھہرا۔
Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied purāṇic audience within the mahātmya frame
Scene: Candra arrives at Prabhāsa, now tranquil and amazed, suffused with devotion to Śambhu; the sacred coastal field feels luminous and still.
FAQs
Devotion to Śiva brings inner calm and steadiness, especially when one takes refuge in a sanctified tīrtha.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, depicted as a refuge and transformative sacred field.
No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is on bhakti and taking abode in the kṣetra.