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Hindu religious traditions
Prabhasa is a sacred coastal region associated with Somnath at present-day Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Gujarat. It contains pilgrimage places connected with Shiva, sacred bathing and offerings for the departed. It is also remembered as the setting of the destruction of Krishna’s Yadava kinsmen near the end of his earthly story.
Original artistic interpretation · PrabhasaTHE LIVING ARCHIVE
The Narada Purana describes Prabhasa as a region containing many tirthas, sacred places approached through pilgrimage. Somnath, Shiva as the lord connected with Soma, is central to that account. Other shrines and bathing places form an ordered route, with worship and ancestral offerings among its recommended acts.
A sacred coastal region associated with Somnath and the concluding Yadava narrative.
AT A GLANCE
THE STORY
ROLE & ESSENCE
The living centre at Prabhas Patan includes Somnath and the Triveni, locally understood as the meeting of the Kapila, Hiran and Sarasvati. The Soma tradition tells of the Moon recovering his lost radiance through worship and bathing there. These associations give water, renewal and Shiva’s presence a central place in the region’s identity.
Prabhasa
Prabhas Patan, Gujarat, India
Strong traditional identification
Prabhas Patan, Gujarat, India
A sacred coastal region associated with Somnath and the concluding Yadava narrative.
This overview does not identify a site-specific excavation report. A living physical place does not prove every event traditionally associated with it.
Ancient regions, literary geography and modern pilgrimage identifications are distinguished.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
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TRADITION & MEANING
Prabhasa names a sacred area larger than one temple. Its pilgrimage accounts and the Yadava narrative give different reasons for remembering that coast: one describes a network of worship, while the other makes it a decisive setting in the departure of Krishna and his family.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
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FOLLOW THE THREADS
4 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Krishna directs the Yadavas to Prabhasa before their destruction.
Balarama withdraws beside the sea after the Yadava catastrophe.
Somnath stands within the Prabhasa pilgrimage landscape.
The coastal sacred region Prabhasa is the setting of the Yadavas’ final gathering.
ENHANCEMENT
SUVARNAVEDA GAME DESIGN
+9 AUR · +3 HP
Any Character receives the Base Effect. One Enhancement may be equipped at a time. These bonuses and numerical rules are Suvarnaveda game design; they are not measurements supplied by sacred texts.
+9 AUR · +3 HP
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Krishna explicitly directs his people to Prabhasa.
True Resonance adds to the Base Effect. A specific pairing takes precedence over a group pairing; they do not stack. Natural Character stats remain on their original 0–100 scale. Normal effective stats cap at 125; exceptional temporary effects cap at 130.
VISUAL ARCHIVE