Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
प्रभासादधिकं क्षेत्रं यदा वस्त्रापथं भवेत् । भविष्यति तदा वृद्धिर्ध्रुवमण्डलव्यापिनी । तथा वस्त्रापथं क्षेत्रं भविष्यति यवाधिकम्
prabhāsādadhikaṃ kṣetraṃ yadā vastrāpathaṃ bhavet | bhaviṣyati tadā vṛddhirdhruvamaṇḍalavyāpinī | tathā vastrāpathaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati yavādhikam
جب وسترآپتھ پربھاس سے بھی بڑھ کر مقدس کشتَر بن جائے گا، تب اس کی مہیمہ کی بڑھوتری یقیناً پورے آسمانی منڈل میں پھیل جائے گی۔ یوں وسترآپتھ کا یہ پُنّیہ کشتَر دن بدن زیادہ فراواں اور ممتاز ہوگا۔
Narrative voice within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (prophetic praise of the site)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary tableau: Vastrāpatha radiates light that rises beyond Prabhāsa, streaming upward to the starry polar region, as if the kṣetra’s fame becomes a luminous band across the sky.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can expand through dharma, devotion, and divine presence, becoming renowned across the worlds.
Vastrāpatha Kṣetra, praised as surpassing even Prabhāsa in sacred potency.
No direct ritual is stated; the verse functions as a māhātmya proclamation of the site’s growing spiritual fame.