Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
दिवि भुव्यंतरिक्षे च तानि तत्रैव भामिनि । तत्र मूर्तिमती गंगा स्वयमेव व्यवस्थिता
divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni tatraiva bhāmini | tatra mūrtimatī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā
اے روشن رخسار! آسمان، زمین اور فضا کے وہ سب تیرتھ وہیں موجود ہیں۔ وہاں گنگا دیوی خود اپنے مجسم روپ میں قائم ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Gaṅgā-sānnidhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī / Bhāminī (addressed as ‘O radiant one’)
Scene: Gaṅgā as a goddess stands within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, her form luminous, holding kamaṇḍalu and lotus, with three-tiered cosmic backdrop (heaven, earth, mid-space) and tiny tīrtha symbols appearing in each realm converging into the kṣetra.
FAQs
A supreme kṣetra is a meeting-place of the three worlds, where even cosmic rivers like Gaṅgā become tangibly accessible.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the locus where the tīrthas of all realms are said to be present, with embodied Gaṅgā.
Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā through Gaṅgā’s presence, though no explicit injunction appears in this verse.