Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । केनायं स्थापितो देव कस्मात्प्रोक्तो रतीश्वरः । दर्शनेनास्य किं श्रेयः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद
devyuvāca | kenāyaṃ sthāpito deva kasmātprokto ratīśvaraḥ | darśanenāsya kiṃ śreyaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada
Nữ Thần thưa: “Bạch Chúa Tể, ai đã thiết lập nơi này? Vì sao Ngài được gọi là Ratīśvara? Việc được darśana Ngài đem lại phúc lợi gì? Xin hãy nói rõ mọi điều.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Ratīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated in attentive reverence, questions Īśvara about a newly introduced liṅga called Ratīśvara—its founder, its name, and the fruits of seeing it; the setting hints at a coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Sacred geography is best understood through inquiry: the Purāṇa models asking about origin, name, and spiritual fruit before undertaking worship.
Ratīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, introduced as a significant Śiva-sthāna.
No explicit prescription; it is a prompt that leads into the shrine’s foundation narrative and its fruits.