Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
आद्यं महाप्रभावं हि नापुण्यो वेद मानवः । तस्यैव कल्पनामानि सांप्रतं प्रब्रवीमि ते
ādyaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ | tasyaiva kalpanāmāni sāṃprataṃ prabravīmi te
بے شک اس کی ازلی اور عظیم قوت کو بے ثواب انسان نہیں سمجھ پاتا۔ اس لیے میں اب تمہیں مختلف کلپوں میں اس کے مقررہ نام بیان کرتا ہوں۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Vṛṣabheśvara (kalpa-nāma tradition introduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks solemnly to Pārvatī, indicating that the shrine’s primordial power is not understood by the unmeritorious; a cosmic backdrop hints at kalpas—cycles of creation—while the liṅga remains steady and luminous.
FAQs
Spiritual merit (puṇya) refines understanding; tīrtha-glory is grasped through devotion and accumulated righteousness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly a liṅga whose greatness is said to be primordial and kalpa-transcending.
No direct rite is stated; the verse introduces a teaching on the liṅga’s kalpa-wise names.