Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
ब्रह्मपूजारता नित्यं ते विप्राः क्षेत्रवासिनः । तैर्यथा पूजनीयो वै बालरूपी पितामहः
brahmapūjāratā nityaṃ te viprāḥ kṣetravāsinaḥ | tairyathā pūjanīyo vai bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ
أولئك البراهمة الساكنون في الكشيترا المقدّسة مواظبون على عبادة براهما؛ وبأيديهم يُعبد حقًّا «الجدّ الأعظم» (بيتامها)—براهما المتجلّي في هيئة طفل—على الوجه اللائق.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Bāla-Brahmā shrine at Prabhāsa (as implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A small shrine scene in Prabhāsa where brāhmaṇas offer flowers and lamps to a child-form Brahmā (bāla-pitāmaha), with four-faced symbolism subtly suggested (e.g., four small crowns/auras) while maintaining childlike body proportions.
FAQs
Life in a holy kṣetra is fulfilled by steady devotion—here, constant reverence to Brahmā as an accessible, child-formed deity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.
A general injunction: the proper worship (pūjā) of Brahmā in Bālarūpa by the kṣetra-resident brāhmaṇas.