Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
इतस्ततस्ते धावन्तो मार्यमाणाश्च तद्गणैः । प्रभास क्षेत्रसंप्राप्ता नश्यमाना महार्णवम्
itastataste dhāvanto māryamāṇāśca tadgaṇaiḥ | prabhāsa kṣetrasaṃprāptā naśyamānā mahārṇavam
ادھر اُدھر بھاگتے ہوئے، اور دیوی کے گنوں کے ہاتھوں مارے جاتے ہوئے، وہ پربھاس کے مقدس کھیتر تک پہنچے اور بڑے سمندر میں غرق ہو کر ہلاک ہو گئے۔
Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (samudra-sannidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya discourse
Scene: Daityas, struck down by Devī’s gaṇas, stumble onto the sands of Prabhāsa; waves surge and swallow them; attendants stand like a luminous wall between kṣetra and chaos; the sea becomes a vast mouth of dissolution.
FAQs
Holy places are theaters of dharma’s triumph; approaching the sacred realm becomes the turning point where adharma collapses.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly named as the reached sacred field.
No direct prescription; the verse contributes to the glorification of the kṣetra through narrative.