Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
एतत्प्राभासिकं क्षेत्रं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । तन्मध्ये पीठिका प्रोक्ता पञ्चयोजनविस्तृता
etatprābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | tanmadhye pīṭhikā proktā pañcayojanavistṛtā
یہ پرابھاس کا مقدس کشتَر تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔ اس کے بیچ میں ‘پیٹھِکا’ نامی مقدس آستانہ بیان کیا گیا ہے، جو پانچ یوجن تک پھیلا ہوا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prābhāsika-kṣetra (inner pīṭhikā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A radiant mandala over Prabhāsa: outer ring labeled ‘Prābhāsika-kṣetra’ and an inner glowing circle labeled ‘pīṭhikā (5 yojanas)’, with pilgrims entering and shedding dark ‘pāpa’ shadows as they approach the center.
FAQs
Association with a mahā-kṣetra is purifying; the Purāṇa highlights a concentrated ‘core zone’ of heightened sanctity within the larger sacred field.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra itself, especially its inner pīṭhikā (central sacred area).
No explicit rite; it proclaims the sin-destroying power and indicates the central pilgrimage zone (pīṭhikā).