Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधं तीर्थं स्वच्छ न्दैर्निर्म्मितं तथा । स्वयंभूतं प्रभासाद्यं निर्मितं दैवतैः कृतम्
loke'smindvividhaṃ tīrthaṃ svaccha ndairnirmmitaṃ tathā | svayaṃbhūtaṃ prabhāsādyaṃ nirmitaṃ daivataiḥ kṛtam
اس دنیا میں تیرتھ دو قسم کے ہیں: ایک وہ جو انسان اپنی آزاد کوشش سے قائم کرتے ہیں، اور دوسرے وہ جو خودبخود ظاہر ہوتے ہیں—جن میں سب سے برتر پربھاس ہے—اور وہ بھی جو دیوتاؤں نے خود قائم کیے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmographic tableau showing three categories of tīrthas: a human-built ghat, a deva-established shrine, and a self-manifest luminous tīrtha labeled Prabhāsa, radiating natural sanctity without human construction; sages point and teach pilgrims.
FAQs
Tīrthas are not all alike; self-manifest and divinely founded sites carry a distinctive sanctity, with Prabhāsa praised as foremost.
Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), presented as a leading self-manifest tīrtha.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse classifies tīrthas to frame later rules about conduct at the sacred site.