Prabhasa

Sacred place

Prabhasa

Prabhāsa

Location
Traditional site Somnath / Veraval, Gujarat
Note
Coastal pilgrimage site where Krishna and Balarama meet the exiled Pandavas.

In the story

  1. 10Half a kingdom: IndraprasthaThe Pandavas are given the Khandava wilderness and build a city; Arjuna's pilgrimage and Subhadra; the burning of the forest
  2. 14The forest yearsArjuna wins celestial weapons; the brothers go on pilgrimage and reunite in the Himalaya
  3. 19The march to KurukshetraSeven akshauhinis against eleven; commanders chosen; Bhishma's vow about Shikhandi

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