Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
मम प्रभाभा देवेशि तेन प्राभासिकं स्मृतम् । प्रभाववन्तो देवेशि यत्र संति महासुराः
mama prabhābhā deveśi tena prābhāsikaṃ smṛtam | prabhāvavanto deveśi yatra saṃti mahāsurāḥ
“Hỡi Nữ Thần, vì đây là quang huy của chính vinh quang Ta, nên được ghi nhớ là Prābhāsika. Và, hỡi Bậc Mẫu của chư thiên, nơi ấy có những đại A-tu-la hùng mạnh, đầy uy lực.”
Śiva (deduced: addressing Devī in a māhātmya-style explanation)
Tirtha: Prābhāsika (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Devēśī)
Scene: The Lord’s radiance suffuses the kṣetra like a living aura while, at the margins, mighty asuras stand—powerful, armed, yet dwarfed by the field’s inherent light.
FAQs
A tīrtha is defined not only by geography but by divine radiance (prabhā) and the extraordinary beings and powers associated with it.
Prabhāsa/Prābhāsika—Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its tīrtha tradition in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it provides a naming rationale and descriptive greatness.