Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
अध्वर्युरहमुद्गाता ब्रह्माहं ब्रह्मवित्तथा । त्वं तु देव्यरणी चैव पत्नी तु परिकीर्त्यसे
adhvaryurahamudgātā brahmāhaṃ brahmavittathā | tvaṃ tu devyaraṇī caiva patnī tu parikīrtyase
أنا الأَدْهْفَرْيُو (Adhvaryu)، وأنا الأُدْغاتْرِ (Udgātṛ)، وأنا براهما (Brahmā) وكذلك العارفُ بالبَرَهْمَن (Brahman). أمّا أنتِ، أيتها الإلهة، فأنتِ الأَرَنِي (araṇī) خشبُ إيقاد النار، وتُشادين باسم پَتْنِي (patnī)؛ الشريكةُ المُكرَّسةُ للطقس.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Vedic altar scene where Śiva appears simultaneously as multiple priests (Adhvaryu with ladle, Udgātṛ with sāman posture, Brahmā-priest seated with scripture), while Devī holds the araṇī sticks, kindling the sacred fire; their unity is visually emphasized by shared aura.
FAQs
Ritual completeness requires both the officiating powers and the consecrated feminine principle—the rite is Śiva-Śakti in action.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa frames sacrifice as a revelation of divine unity.
It implies the necessity of the patnī (ritual spouse) and araṇī (fire-kindling) as integral to properly constituted yajña.