Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
दुर्ल्लभं तु मम क्षेत्रं प्रभासं देवि पापिनाम् । न तत्र लभते मृत्युं पापात्मा लोकवंदिते
durllabhaṃ tu mama kṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ devi pāpinām | na tatra labhate mṛtyuṃ pāpātmā lokavaṃdite
اے دیوی، جہانوں کی ستودہ! میرا پربھاس کْشَیتر پاپیوں کے لیے نہایت دشوار الحصول ہے؛ وہاں پاپ دل انسان کو موت نصیب نہیں ہوتی، یعنی اس کْشَیتر میں رہائی بخش انجام اسے آسانی سے نہیں ملتا۔
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī about Prabhāsa’s rarity for sinners: a pilgrim blocked by inner darkness stands at the kṣetra boundary, while another purified pilgrim enters; the kṣetra glows, suggesting merit as the key.
FAQs
Access to the liberating power of a kṣetra is itself a form of grace; persistent sin obstructs even the opportunity to die within such a sacred boundary.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnath/Prabhāsa), called Śiva’s own kṣetra.
No direct prescription; it implies the need for purification and merit to gain entry and the auspicious end within Prabhāsa.