Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
अन्येषु मण्डपेष्वेव प्रत्येकमृत्विजः कृताः । मण्डपानां शतेष्वेव कृत्वा कुण्डान्यकल्पयत्
anyeṣu maṇḍapeṣveva pratyekamṛtvijaḥ kṛtāḥ | maṇḍapānāṃ śateṣveva kṛtvā kuṇḍānyakalpayat
وفي المَنْدَبات الأخرى أيضًا عُيِّنَ لكل واحدٍ كهنةٌ (ṛtvij) على حدة. وعلى امتداد مئات المَنْدَبات رتّب وهيّأ الكُوندات (kuṇḍa)، أي مذابح النار للقرابين.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A vast sacrificial ground at Prabhāsa filled with hundreds of decorated maṇḍapas; in each, appointed ṛtviks prepare and tend multiple fire-pits, with orderly lines of vessels, ladles, and offerings.
FAQs
Great sacred undertakings require meticulous preparation—multiplying places of worship multiplies opportunities for merit (puṇya).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as capable of hosting vast, multi-pavilion Vedic rites.
It describes appointing priests for each maṇḍapa and preparing numerous kuṇḍas (fire-altars) for the rite.