Skandapurana 16.367.p5

16.367.p5

3 kailāsaparvatavarṇanam, tatra śivasabhāvarṇanapūrvakaśivasiṃhāsanavarṇanam, tato devyā śivastavanam , śivapārvatīsaṃvādaḥ, tataḥ śrīśivena pārvatīṃ prati vibhūtiyoga- varṇanam , tatastīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam , tatra viśeṣataḥ prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam, prabhāsakṣetrasthatīrthamāhātmyaśravaṇecchayā pārvatyā śaṃkaraṃ prati praśnakaraṇam. 5 1

3. Description of Mount Kailāsa; therein, description of the assembly of Śiva preceded by the description of the throne of Śiva; then, the Goddess’s hymn of praise to Śiva; dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī; then, description of the yoga of divine manifestations addressed to Pārvatī by the glorious Śiva; then, description of the māhātmya of sacred fords; therein, especially the description of the māhātmya of the Prabhāsa sacred field; questioning of Śaṃkara by Pārvatī with the desire to hear the māhātmya of the sacred fords located in the Prabhāsa sacred field. 5 1