Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
तस्य चेयं परा माया कला शिरसि धारिता । सा शक्तिर्देवदेवस्य विश्वाकारा परा प्रिये । मोहयित्वा तु संतानं संसारयति पार्वति
tasya ceyaṃ parā māyā kalā śirasi dhāritā | sā śaktirdevadevasya viśvākārā parā priye | mohayitvā tu saṃtānaṃ saṃsārayati pārvati
وأمّا لتلك الحقيقة العُليا، فهذه هي المايا السامية—كالا—المحمولة على الرأس. تلك القوّة القصوى لإله الآلهة، المتشكّلة بصورة الكون، يا حبيبة، تُضلِّل الذرّية وتُسيّرهم في تيه السَّمْسارا، يا بارفتي.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī on the supreme Māyā (kalā) borne upon the head; the universe appears as a projected form, while beings wander in saṃsāra under a veil of delusion.
FAQs
The same divine power that manifests the universe can also veil truth; liberation comes by piercing māyā through right knowledge and devotion.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the Māhātmya setting; its sanctity is underscored by teachings that diagnose bondage and point toward release.
No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is doctrinal—māyā’s role in saṃsāra.