क्षमावाननपत्यश्च सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । प्रभासक्षेत्रयात्रायामाजगाम स भूपतिः । यात्रां कुर्वन्विधानेन सावित्रीस्थलमागतः
kṣamāvānanapatyaśca satyavādī jitendriyaḥ | prabhāsakṣetrayātrāyāmājagāma sa bhūpatiḥ | yātrāṃ kurvanvidhānena sāvitrīsthalamāgataḥ
Vị vua ấy nhẫn nại, không con, nói lời chân thật và tự chế các căn. Ngài lên đường hành hương đến Prabhāsa Kṣetra; thực hiện cuộc hành trình đúng theo nghi pháp, ngài đến thánh địa mang danh Sāvitrī.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Sāvitrī-sthala
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: King Aśvapati, austere and self-controlled, travels with a small retinue toward the coastal Prabhāsa; he arrives at Sāvitrī-sthala marked by a shrine near sacred waters, performing the journey ‘according to rule’.
Inner discipline (truth, restraint, patience) culminates in outer dharma through tīrtha-yātrā performed with proper observance.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Sāvitrī-sthala within it.
Pilgrimage should be done ‘vidhānena’—according to prescribed rules (proper conduct and ritual order).
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.