Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
वृषभस्तत्र दातव्यः संपूर्णफलहेतवे । एवमेकादश प्रोक्ता रुद्राः प्राभासमाश्रिताः । नित्यं पूज्याश्च वंद्याश्च क्षेत्रस्य फलमीप्सुभिः
vṛṣabhastatra dātavyaḥ saṃpūrṇaphalahetave | evamekādaśa proktā rudrāḥ prābhāsamāśritāḥ | nityaṃ pūjyāśca vaṃdyāśca kṣetrasya phalamīpsubhiḥ
وہاں کامل پھل و پُنّیہ کے حصول کے لیے بیل کا دان دینا چاہیے۔ یوں پربھاس میں آشرِت گیارہ رُدر بیان کیے گئے ہیں؛ اس کُشتر کے پھل کے خواہاں لوگوں کو انہیں نِتّیہ پوجنا اور وندنا چاہیے۔
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred Prabhāsa landscape with eleven Rudra presences indicated as luminous forms around a central shrine; a donor offers a decorated bull to a worthy recipient; pilgrims bow and perform daily worship.
FAQs
To fully receive a kṣetra’s blessings, one should combine reverence for its presiding divinities with dhārmic giving.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as the abode of the eleven Rudras.
Vṛṣabha-dāna (gift of a bull) is prescribed; additionally, the eleven Rudras are to be worshipped and saluted regularly.
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