Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86
देव्युवाच । तपांसि कानि कथ्यन्ते क्षेत्रे प्राभा सिके नरैः । कानि दानानि दीयन्ते केषु तीर्थेषु वा कथम्
devyuvāca | tapāṃsi kāni kathyante kṣetre prābhā sike naraiḥ | kāni dānāni dīyante keṣu tīrtheṣu vā katham
دیوی نے کہا: “اے لوگو! پربھاس کے مقدس کھیتر میں کون کون سی تپسیا بیان کی جاتی ہے؟ کون کون سے دان دیے جاتے ہیں، اور کن تیرتھوں میں، اور کس طریقے سے؟”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (query initiating tapas/dāna/tīrtha-vidhi exposition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage/narrator (contextual respondent in the mahātmya)
Scene: The Goddess, seated in a sacred assembly at Prabhāsa, respectfully questions a sage/narrator about austerities and gifts practiced in the kṣetra; behind them are maps/cues of multiple tīrthas and a distant Somnātha shrine.
FAQs
True tīrtha practice unites tapas (discipline) and dāna (generosity) guided by right method and sacred geography.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, with interest in its internal tīrthas (sub-sites).
An inquiry initiating instruction on what austerities to perform and what charities to give at specific tīrthas.