Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु त्वं यत्पुरावृत्तं देवि स्वारोचिषेंतरे । आसीत्कश्चिद्दुराचारः कैवर्तो मत्स्यघातकः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu tvaṃ yatpurāvṛttaṃ devi svārociṣeṃtare | āsītkaściddurācāraḥ kaivarto matsyaghātakaḥ
Īśvara phán: “Hãy lắng nghe, hỡi Nữ Thần, chuyện đã xảy ra thuở xưa, vào thời kỳ Svārociṣa. Có một người chài lưới hạnh kiểm xấu xa, kẻ sát hại cá.”
Śiva (Īśvara/Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Shiva begins the ancient tale: in Svārociṣa’s era lived a wicked fisherman, a killer of fish—setting a somber moral tone before the coming miracle.
FAQs
Even those of sinful livelihood become eligible for upliftment when a sacred history of a holy kṣetra is revealed and heard.
The narrative is set within the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, Śiva’s sacred domain.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the Lord begins a purāṇic exemplum to teach the kṣetra’s transformative power.