Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
काण्वोऽथ गौतमो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः । जमदग्निस्तथा रामो बकश्चेत्येवमादयः । कृष्णद्वैपायनश्चैव पुत्रशिष्यैः समन्वितः
kāṇvo'tha gautamo dhaumyaḥ śatānando'kṛtavraṇaḥ | jamadagnistathā rāmo bakaścetyevamādayaḥ | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaścaiva putraśiṣyaiḥ samanvitaḥ
پھر کانْو، گوتم، دھومیہ، شتانند اور اکرت ورن؛ اسی طرح جمدگنی، رام اور بک وغیرہ جیسے دوسرے رِشی بھی آئے۔ اور کرشن دویپاین (ویاس) بھی اپنے بیٹوں اور شاگردوں کے ساتھ تشریف لائے۔
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of venerable sages—Kāṇva, Gautama, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, Jamadagni, Rāma, Baka—arrive at luminous Prabhāsa; Vyāsa appears with his sons and disciples, forming a dense ascetic assembly near the sacred shore/temple precinct.
FAQs
Prabhāsa is depicted as a dharmic hub where guru–śiṣya lineages gather, reinforcing the tīrtha’s authority and living tradition.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as a meeting ground of many ṛṣis including Vyāsa.
No explicit prescription; the focus is on the tīrtha’s sanctity established by sages and their lineages.