Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
सरितः सागराः सर्वे पर्वता उरगास्तथा । ब्राह्म्याद्या मातरश्चैव ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ sarve parvatā uragāstathā | brāhmyādyā mātaraścaiva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ
وہاں تمام ندیاں اور سمندر، پہاڑ اور ناگ بھی موجود تھے؛ اور برہمی وغیرہ مائیں (ماتریکائیں) اور وہ رشی بھی جن کی دولت تپسیا تھی۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast sacred convocation at Prabhāsa: personified rivers and oceans arriving like deities, mountains standing as guardians, nāgas coiling in reverence, the Mātṛkās (Brāhmī onward) seated in a luminous circle, and austere ṛṣis with matted hair and kamaṇḍalus.
FAQs
The sacred narrative gathers all orders of creation—natural, divine, and ascetic—affirming that tīrtha-glory embraces the whole cosmos.
Kailāsa’s assembly is depicted; it functions as the prelude to Prabhāsakṣetra’s glorification.
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