Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
भूतेश भगवान्विष्णुर्दैत्यानामन्तकाग्रणीः । स कस्माद्द्वारकां हित्वा प्रभासक्षेत्रमाश्रितः
bhūteśa bhagavānviṣṇurdaityānāmantakāgraṇīḥ | sa kasmāddvārakāṃ hitvā prabhāsakṣetramāśritaḥ
“Lạy Chúa tể muôn loài, Bhagavān Viṣṇu—bậc đứng đầu trong việc diệt trừ bọn Daitya—vì sao Ngài rời bỏ Dvārakā mà nương về thánh địa Prabhāsa?”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (in contrast to Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A questioning scene: the speaker addresses the Lord of beings, asking why Viṣṇu—slayer of Daityas—left Dvārakā and resorted to Prabhāsa; the imagery can foreshadow the coastal tīrtha and the transition from royal city to sacred field.
FAQs
Even the supreme protector (Viṣṇu) honors the divine timing and sanctity of kṣetras; holy places are stages where cosmic purposes unfold.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is foregrounded as significant enough to draw Viṣṇu away from Dvārakā.
None; it is a theological question that motivates the forthcoming māhātmya explanation.