Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
पुरा त्रेतायुगे देवि पर्णादोनाम वै द्विजः । प्रभासं क्षेत्रमासाद्य तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् । आराधयामास रविं भक्त्या परमया युतः
purā tretāyuge devi parṇādonāma vai dvijaḥ | prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam | ārādhayāmāsa raviṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
Thuở xưa, trong thời Tretā Yuga, hỡi Nữ Thần, có một vị Bà-la-môn tên Parṇāda. Đến thánh địa Prabhāsa, ông thực hành khổ hạnh vô cùng nghiêm khắc và phụng thờ Ravi (Thần Mặt Trời) với lòng chí thành tối thượng.
Īśvara (Śiva), continuing the narration to Mahādevī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: A lone brāhmaṇa ascetic named Parṇāda arrives at the luminous sands of Prabhāsa, facing the rising sun, beginning fierce austerities with a calm yet intense devotional posture.
FAQs
Supreme devotion joined with disciplined tapas is portrayed as the means by which sacred sites and their presiding forms become manifest and renowned.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the stage for Parṇāda’s tapas that leads into the Parṇāditya tīrtha’s greatness.
Tapas (austerity) and Ravi-upāsanā (Sun worship) are presented as the core practices.