Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
यः परं श्रूयते ज्योतिर्यः परं श्रूयते तपः । यः परं परतः प्रोक्तः परं यः परमात्मवान्
yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate jyotiryaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ | yaḥ paraṃ parataḥ proktaḥ paraṃ yaḥ paramātmavān
جسے برتر ترین نور کہا اور سنا جاتا ہے، جسے برتر ترین ریاضت کہا اور سنا جاتا ہے۔ جو اعلیٰ سے بھی اعلیٰ قرار دیا گیا؛ جو خود برتر ہے—اور جس میں پرماتما کی حقیقت جلوہ گر ہے۔
A questioner within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue (listener addressing the narrator/teacher)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous, formless radiance (parama-jyotis) emanates behind a subtle outline of the Lord; sages sit on the Prabhāsa shore listening, while a thin flame-like aura symbolizes tapas rising upward.
FAQs
The highest reality is the Paramātman—supreme light and supreme tapas—known through śruti-like testimony and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual site; the verse elevates the theological status of the Lord associated with Prabhāsa.
No explicit prescription; ‘tapas’ is mentioned as a supreme principle rather than a specific vrata.