Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
अथवा तेन लोकेषु प्रभासमिति कीर्त्यते । प्रथमं भासते देवि सर्वेषां भुवि तेजसाम् । तीर्थानामादितीर्थं यत्प्रभासं तेन कीर्त्तितम्
athavā tena lokeṣu prabhāsamiti kīrtyate | prathamaṃ bhāsate devi sarveṣāṃ bhuvi tejasām | tīrthānāmāditīrthaṃ yatprabhāsaṃ tena kīrttitam
“Hoặc cũng vì lẽ ấy mà trong các thế giới, nơi này được tôn xưng là ‘Prabhāsa’. Hỡi Devī, nó chiếu sáng trước hết giữa mọi ánh quang trên mặt đất. Vì là tīrtha nguyên thủy giữa các tīrtha, nên được tuyên xưng là Prabhāsa.”
Śiva (deduced: didactic etymology addressed to Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Prabhāsa depicted as the ‘first light’ on earth—like a cosmic lamp—while sages and pilgrims point toward it as the ‘ādi-tīrtha’ among countless sacred waters.
FAQs
The tīrtha is revered as ‘first’ not merely in time but in sanctity—its radiance symbolizes primacy in dharma and pilgrimage merit.
Prabhāsa Tīrtha (Prabhāsa Kṣetra), acclaimed as Āditīrtha (the primordial sacred ford).
No specific ritual is stated; the verse focuses on the title and preeminence of the tīrtha.