येनेदं विहितं शास्त्रं प्रभासक्षेत्रदीपकम् । स शिवश्चैव विज्ञेयो मानुषीं प्रकृतिं स्थितः
yenedaṃ vihitaṃ śāstraṃ prabhāsakṣetradīpakam | sa śivaścaiva vijñeyo mānuṣīṃ prakṛtiṃ sthitaḥ
جس نے یہ شاستر، یعنی ‘پربھاس کھیتر کا دیپک’ مرتب کیا، اسے انسانی حالت میں رہتے ہوئے بھی خود شیو ہی سمجھنا چاہیے۔
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A human sage-author writes the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-dīpaka’ while Śiva’s aura subtly overlays him, indicating identity-in-essence; a lamp motif radiates over a map-like vision of Prabhāsa.
A true revealer of tīrtha-māhātmya is seen as divinely empowered, even if appearing human.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; the verse establishes the sanctity and authority of the teaching itself.