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# Skandapurana 16.11.47

Skandapurāṇa 16.11.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.11.47)

athavā tena lokeṣu prabhāsamiti kīrtyate ..  
prathamaṃ bhāsate devi sarveṣāṃ bhuvi tejasām ..  
tīrthānāmāditīrthaṃ yatprabhāsaṃ tena kīrttitam .. ... 47 ..

> or because of that, it is celebrated among the worlds as Prabhāsa. / Because it shines first on earth among all radiant lights, O goddess, / and is the first tīrtha among tīrthas, for that reason it is celebrated as Prabhāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.11.47) — Sanskrit

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