Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि क्षेत्राणां क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । सर्वक्षेत्रेषु यत्क्षेत्रं प्रभासं तु प्रियं मम
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kṣetrāṇāṃ kṣetramuttamam | sarvakṣetreṣu yatkṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ tu priyaṃ mama
Īśvara phán: Hãy lắng nghe, hỡi Devī. Ta sẽ tuyên thuyết thánh địa tối thượng trong mọi kṣetra—trong muôn thánh địa, Prabhāsa chính là nơi thân yêu đối với Ta.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, proclaiming Prabhāsa as the supreme kṣetra; a luminous coastal sacred landscape implied, with the aura of Somnātha/Prabhāsa sanctity.
FAQs
A kṣetra becomes supremely sanctifying by divine presence and divine preference—Prabhāsa is praised as Śiva’s beloved sacred field.
Prabhāsa is explicitly identified as the supreme kṣetra.
None; it is an introductory proclamation establishing Prabhāsa’s preeminence.