Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
दक्षिणे शतमेधं तु शतयज्ञफलप्रदम् । कार्तवीर्य्येण तत्रैव कृतं यज्ञशतं पुरा
dakṣiṇe śatamedhaṃ tu śatayajñaphalapradam | kārtavīryyeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā
جنوب کی سمت شتمیدھ نامی لِنگ ہے جو سو یَجْنوں کا پھل عطا کرتا ہے۔ اسی مقام پر قدیم زمانے میں کارتویریہ نے واقعی سو یَجْن کیے تھے۔
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Śatamedha-liṅga
Type: temple
Scene: At the southern edge of the sacred complex stands the Śatamedha-liṅga; a narrative vignette recalls Kārtavīrya’s grand yajñas, with the liṅga as the enduring witness.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to Prabhāsa is presented as a dharmic ‘shortcut’ where devotion at a sacred liṅga yields the merit of great Vedic sacrifices.
Śatamedha—identified as a southern liṅga/tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No direct prescription here; it highlights yajña-merit, recalling Kārtavīrya’s hundred sacrifices as the site’s sanctifying precedent.