Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
दुर्ल्लभं सर्वमर्त्त्यानां प्रभासे तु व्यवस्थितम् । न च कश्चिद्विजानाति अशुभैः कर्मभिर्वृतः
durllabhaṃ sarvamarttyānāṃ prabhāse tu vyavasthitam | na ca kaścidvijānāti aśubhaiḥ karmabhirvṛtaḥ
پرَبھاس میں وہ مقام قائم ہے جو تمام فانیوں کے لیے نہایت دشوارالوصُول ہے؛ مگر جو بداعمالیوں میں لپٹا ہو، وہ اسے حقیقتاً پہچان نہیں پاتا۔
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: frame-dialogue listener (unspecified here)
Scene: A luminous Prabhāsa shrine radiating spiritual ‘durlabha’ treasure, while ordinary people pass by unaware, shadowed by dark karmic clouds; a sage points toward the unseen glory.
FAQs
Even supreme sacred merit can remain unseen when one is veiled by harmful karma; purification and right vision are needed.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, famed in the Skanda Purāṇa for Śiva’s presence and liberating merit.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse prepares the theme that Prabhāsa-darśana brings rare spiritual attainment.